Couple: Diacetyl In Microwave Popcorn Caused Permanent Lung Disease

ST. LOUIS - A couple whose lawsuit against popcorn manufacturers was dismissed by an Iowa federal court filed a brief in the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 6 contending that their claims for personal injury related to alleged exposure to diacetyl and pentanedione, the chemicals used to make artificial butter flavoring in popcorn, are valid because "it has been proven" that diacetyl can cause the permanent lung disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans (David Stults, et al. v. American Popcorn Company, No. 14-3658, 8th Cir.).
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