Colorado man Wayne Watson wins $7 million in "popcorn lung" lawsuit
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Man had eaten two bags of microwave popcorn daily for 10 years

Man had eaten two bags of microwave popcorn daily for 10 years

  • SgtThunderC_nt@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    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.”

  • Sens@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Fake butter flavour (Diacetyl) is harmful when breathed. Popcorn lung is no joke.

  • JollyTheRancher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    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.