date:Aug 15, 2012
xicity of diacetyl and PD,said Hubbs.
'Popcorn lung'
Bronchiolitis obliterans often referred to as popcorn workers lung is a rare lung disease that causes scar tissue to gradually block the small airways of the lungs.
Though there are several other causes ofbronchiolitis obliterans, research several years ago linked repeated inhalation ofdiacetylwhich is used to flavour butter popcorn with the disease. As a result, in 2007 several of the largest popcorn producing firms stopped using the ingr