Man had eaten two bags of microwave popcorn daily for 10 years
Let’s not even talk about the workers though…
“In 2004, a jury awarded 32-year-old Eric Peoples, a worker at the Gilster-Mary Lee plant in Jasper, Mo., $20 million for lung damage he sustained during the manufacturing process of buttered popcorn. At the time, 29 other workers had cases pending.”
I had a popcorn kernel stuck in my throat for a week before an ENT doctor got it out (Saliva wont dissolve popcorn kernels ever apparently). She told me she knew a surgeon who believed popcorn was the worst food a person could eat because of what it does to the intestines. I asked the ENT doctor what food she thought was the worst - “Popcorn, definitely”.
I know 7 million is a lot, but, I’ve got a feeling it still wasn’t worth it.
Goddammit why did you have to say that. Now I can’t just gobble everyone’s movie popcorn.
Fake butter flavour (Diacetyl) is harmful when breathed. Popcorn lung is no joke.
i’ve been eating 8 bags a day for the last 12 years in my living room. it’s developed popcorn ceiling, should I sue?
I love popcorn more than most people but this is ridiculous
Yes it’s ridiculous that poisonous butter is allowed to be sold to consumers as food
Kramer…?
