Limits Sought on Worker Exposure to Flavor Agent - Smlr_net

26 Jul 2006


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Limits Sought on Worker Exposure to Flavor Agent 
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A lung disease outbreak is blamed on diacetyl, used in popcorn and other products.
By T. Christian Miller
Times Staff Writer
July 26 2006
WASHINGTON &#8212; Emergency safety standards are needed to counter a widening outbreak of lung disease among workers exposed to a common ingredient in microwave popcorn, health experts and labor unions said Tuesday.
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