Man had eaten two bags of microwave popcorn daily for 10 years
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
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-man-wayne-watson-wins-7-million-in-popcorn-lung-lawsuit/
9 Comments
SgtThunderC_nt@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 3y
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.ca · 11 pts · 3y
Fake butter flavour (Diacetyl) is harmful when breathed. Popcorn lung is no joke.
qisope@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
JollyTheRancher@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
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.
2dollarsim@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Goddammit why did you have to say that. Now I can't just gobble everyone's movie popcorn.
cosima_takeyama@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 3y
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.
2dollarsim@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
I love popcorn more than most people but this is ridiculous
arin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yes it's ridiculous that poisonous butter is allowed to be sold to consumers as food
Seytoux@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Kramer...?
Smokeydope@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Lmao