TIL A man was awarded $7 million in damages after he developed a lung condition from eating two bags of popcorn every day and inhaling the steam from the bag
Man had eaten two bags of microwave popcorn daily for 10 years
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-man-wayne-watson-wins-7-million-in-popcorn-lung-lawsuit/Open linkView original on lemmy.world
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."
Fake butter flavour (Diacetyl) is harmful when breathed. Popcorn lung is no joke.
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.
Not to mention it’s around 800 mostly empty calories a day (at least based on the calories in the popcorn I eat). For me, that’s half the calories I need in a day to stay in deficit.
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...?
Lmao