# Asbestosis, Emphysema, and now Popcorn Lung

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 5, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088 "2007-09-05T04:06:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088/1 "2007-09-05T04:06:08Z")

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[Watch out for that delightful buttery popcorn smell.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_he_me/popcorn_lung_consumer_7;_ylt=AmeBOsK5EgjVtB.gBHijzKIE1vAI)It might kill ya’.

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**Author:** ![Abraca\_Deborah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@Abraca\_Deborah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abraca_Deborah)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088/2 "2007-09-05T04:23:09Z")

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Hmmm… guess I will have to find something else to do while my popcorn pops other than watch it rotate endlessly while listening to the “pops” to know when it is done. It was kind of mesmerizing in a weird way.

Who’d a thunk the fumes were…um… dangerous?

Thanks for the warning!

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088/3 "2007-09-05T12:10:38Z")

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Jesus, several times a **day**? I think if you ate that much microwave buttered popcorn, you’ve got bigger health problems than popcorn lung. Yuck.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088/4 "2007-09-05T13:08:16Z")

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> **[OMG. Microwave Popcorn might be evil!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434784)**
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> That is, a common ingredient in microwave popcorn has been destroying the lungs of workers in factories leading to $millions in lawsuits. Evil, I say! But now, I really mean it. :mad: 🙁

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**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088/5 "2007-09-05T13:13:27Z")

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…Well, at least that patient was getting lots of fiber…

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asbestosis-emphysema-and-now-popcorn-lung/418088/6 "2007-09-05T13:23:41Z")

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[QUOTE=slortar]  
Jesus, several times a **day**? I think if you ate that much microwave buttered popcorn, you’ve got bigger health problems than popcorn lung. Yuck.  
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And I luuuuuuuuuurve microwave popcorn and I thought I was eating it a lot by eating it twice a week! :smack: