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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (AP) - Dozens of plant workers who claim their health was damaged by exposure to a chemical used to give a buttery flavor to microwave popcorn have filed lawsuits in Cincinnati against ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A man who claims his lungs were damaged by the buttery flavoring used to make microwave popcorn has filed a lawsuit against four companies that make the flavoring. Ronald ...

Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., on June 13 introduced the Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act (H.R. 2693), which, if signed, would require OSHA to issue an interim final standard mandating ...