Microwave Popcorn Health Scare
Fluorooctanoic Acid, which is added to the microwave-popcorn bags as a resistant coating, releases onto the popcorn when the bag is heated up and is then absorbed into the bloodstream and stays there for a long time. This chemical appears to be carcinogenic in lab animals. The FDA is now studying the affects of this chemical in greater detail.
In addition to the problem above, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is studying a different problem associated with the butter flavoring in microwave popcorn. NDTV.com had this to report: "Exposure to vapors from butter flavoring in microwave popcorn has been linked to a rare lung disease contracted by factory workers in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska." The companies who manufacture the harmful Teflon chemical stated they will eliminate the chemical by the year 2015.
So what can you do in the meantime? Popcorn has become a staple and is also an affordable luxury in these troubled economic times. Recently I discovered all was not lost and I would still be able to enjoy a newer brand of microwave popcorn. A new company, headed by Jaci Rae, has come up with an affordable, practical and convenient solution that will help ensure you and your family isn't being exposed to toxic chemicals when eating this delectable treat.
Granny's Natural Microwave Popcorn comes with natural FDA approved microwave popcorn bags, a recipe booklet and more. There are no additives, preservatives and/or chemicals that are now being found in the microwave-popcorn you're used to. You and your family deserve to know you are safe before 2015. http://www.grannysnaturalpopcorn.com
To find out more about the toxins your family may have been ingesting please go to:
http://www.environmentalnutrition.com/pub/29_5/update/151350-1.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502041.html
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2004/Microwave-Popcorn-Toxic28feb04.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid
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6 Comments
Post a CommentI have never stopped making it the old way in a pan with oil. It tastes superior and is not very hard to make. I add melted butter and a little salt after it is done and it is really delicious.
One problem regarding popcorn and for that matter all cooking requiring super heated oils (all oils) is that
they become chemically altered and
become hydroginized and some convert into peroxides. Yes some can withstand
short heat periods ie,peanut and coconut oils,but olive oil,canola no.
dice. Hot air popcorn without the
fake butter popular with careless consumers is best.
This week safe, next week harmful..Whats next.But the lunch bag idea looks prommissing..Got to try it.
this page is so cool and fun to learn.
I have been popping popcorn in lunch bags for years. It is economical, easy, healthy and tastes great too!
You can also pop plain popcorn in plain lunch type brown paper bags, without any fat or salt. Just throw the kernels in the bag, fold over several times, and pop.