Killer Popcorn?

If you're the type that enjoy eating alot of popcorn at cinema or fastfood joint....One question that should pop in your mind is what chemicals are used on popcorn. apart from the after buttery smell and taste you should know that it doesn't come from butter, its a function of the chemical call DIACETYL, a rather special food addictive.
Diacetyl Induced Bronchiolitis Obliterans, is called "Popcorn Worker's Lung" due to the large number of microwave popcorn factory workers who have developed the respiratory illness.
The United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) has suggested that diacetyl, when used in artificial butter flavoring (as used in many consumer foods), may be hazardous when heated and inhaled over a long period.
Diacetyl does have some benefits. There's evidence that it works great as a mosquito repellant. I'm told that fruit flies avoid it, too. But when it comes to weighing the dangers of calories vs. chemicals, and when I want that buttery flavor on my popcorn, I'll use butter mbok!