If you can bypass the butter, popcorn is a low-fat, whole-grain snack full of fiber. But it can be tough to resist the beast. Rosemary Cheese Popcorn recipe gussies up fat-free microwave popcorn with ...

» Since 2001, academic studies have shown links between bronchiolitis obliterans – also known as popcorn lung – and a chemical used in artificial butter flavor called diacetyl. Flavoring manufacturers ...

The bad word hit the airwaves and bounced right to my e-mail, well, like kernels pop-popping. Word was that microwave popcorn, according to news from docs out in Denver, might destroy the little bits ...

CHICAGO — At least one man who ate several bags of butter-flavored microwave popcorn each day has developed a life-threatening lung disease possibly caused by an additive in the popcorn, his doctor ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Four of the nation's biggest microwave popcorn makers are working to remove a flavoring chemical from their products linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers while ...

Centennial – Some people smoke a pack of cigarettes a day. Some drink a few beers. The health risks are well documented. But tasty, buttery, microwaveable popcorn? Wayne Watson never figured that his ...

Omaha, Neb. — The nation’s largest microwave popcorn maker, ConAgra Foods Inc., said today it will change the recipe for its Orville Redenbacher and Act II brands over the next year to remove a ...

Denver? Consumers, not just factory workers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading ...

Dear Abby: I laughed out loud when I read the letter from “Believes in Decorum, Eugene, Ore.”, whose office reeked of popcorn. I work for a theater company that shares office space with two sister ...

Dear Abby: I laughed out loud when I read the letter from “Believes in Decorum, Eugene, Ore.” (Oct. 15), whose office reeked of popcorn. I work for a theater company that shares office space with two ...

OMAHA, Neb.—Four of the nation’s biggest microwave popcorn makers are working to remove a flavoring chemical from their products linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers while reassuring ...