NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some workers who mix and package flavored microwave-popcorn or are involved in other flavoring manufacturing may have up to 11 times the expected risk for a serious lung ...

SIOUX CITY | A Merrill, Iowa, man has sued the makers of popcorn flavorings, claiming a chemical in butter flavorings led to a condition known as "popcorn lung." Marlin Herbst said in his lawsuit that ...

History: Carole Buck started Not Just Popcorn in 1989 after buying popcorn-flavoring equipment from a closed popcorn kiosk operator in Anderson. She opened her first location at Edinburgh Premium ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- The nation's largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods Inc., said yesterday that it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year. The ...

DES MOINES (AP) -- A woman who worked at the Pop Secret microwave popcorn plant in Iowa City has sued several companies that manufacture butter flavoring, claiming that inhaling the flavoring gave her ...

A potential health hazard unknown to the foodservice industry until just a few months ago is drawing the attention of federal and state authorities who are trying to determine whether kitchen workers ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) -- The fourth trial seeking to prove that a Jasper popcorn plant used a chemical that inflicted lung damage on employees began Tuesday. Attorneys representing Louis and Ronetta ...

Two major labor unions and several dozen scientists and safety and health experts are petitioning the Department of Labor and OSHA to immediately issue an emergency temporary standard to protect ...

You might want to put down the butter flavored popcorn the next time it's movie night. A recent study published by Chemical Research in Toxicology says the buttery flavoring on your popcorn may ...

There are few snacks quite as satisfying (and bingeable) as popcorn. While we totally understand the appeal of using an old-school popper, some movie nights call for the convenience of microwave ...

Kettle corn in a small gray bowl on a folded beige napkin with popcorn scattered around the bowl - Liudmyla Chuhunova/Shutterstock Part of the fun of going to fairs and carnivals is the food, and ...