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Deadly Popcorn Dust
Posted By crazyopinions On September 5, 2007 @ 1:35 pm In Uncategorized | No Comments
Okay, now it’s official: if you breathe, you’ll die. If you don’t, you’ll die anyway. Add popcorn dust to the already long list of hazardous inhalables. Or, to be more specific, the artificial chemical butter flavoring diacetyl. Those crazy Europeans, however, have banned the use of diacetyl and its chemical brethren for several years, after it became known of the genotoxic nature of these flavorings. Genotoxins are known to mess with your DNA. But, hey, these foreigners are always overreacting, aren’t they?
Right? [cough, cough]
Don’t even get us started on the chemicals in/on our food…
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