The healthiest snacks are fruits ,veggies and nuts. Popcorn has always been thought of as a healthy snack too until a Colorado man was awarded $7.2 million for "popcorn lung", a disease caused from years of inhaling the aroma of microwave popcorn. The disease was first noticed in popcorn factory workers and is caused by inhaling a chemical in the popcorn. Most of the major popcorn manufacturers banned the chemical,but there are other chemicals used to coat the microwave bags to make them fire resistant that are likely to be carcinogenic. The manufacturers claim that it poses little threat if used in moderation...but what else could they say? Eat our popcorn and die??? The answer for the popcorn addict is to go with an air popper,or the old fashion methods.
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