Man eats popcorn every day for 20 years; blames buttery flavor for respiratory disease; sues company

[UrbScotty]

A federal judge in Iowa has dismissed a lawsuit brought against microwave popcorn ingredient makers by a Grand Rapids couple who claimed exposure to a buttery flavoring caused the development of a respiratory disease.

On Tuesday, Dec. 24, U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett ruled that David and Barbara Stults were time-barred by Michigan’s three-year statute of limitations on product liability claims.

In August 2011, the couple sued defendants Bush Boake Allen, Inc. and International Flavors & Fragrances, claiming that David Stults developed “popcorn lung” after eating microwave popcorn daily for nearly 20 years.

According to court documents, David Stults was diagnosed in 2009 with bronchiolitis obliterans, also known as “popcorn lung,” a rare disease found in factory workers exposed to high levels of diacetyl, which some companies have added to microwave popcorn to impart a buttery flavor and smell.

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/12/iowa_judge_dismisses_lawsuit_t.html

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Well, then, there's really only one response

[liberal N proud]

2. I know someone who has had microwave popcorn every day for lunch for years.

I have known him for 30 years and that was his lunch for as long as I can recall.

He appears to be healthy, working at 70.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. It's a shame it took me to this advanced age, to figure out how easy it is to just make it on the

stove in a pot, with a little bit of oil.


But it's way better that way.