Popcorn Lung Disease Attorneys
On May 15th, 2006 three doctors from California (Dr. Robert Harrison,
MD, MPH; Dr. Arthur Gelb, MD; Dr. Phillip Harber, MD) released a document
reporting the cases of two people who worked in two separate flavoring
manufacturing plants, each of which manufactured artificial butter flavoring.
In both of these cases, one being a 32 year old man and one being a 43
year old woman, the employees had no prior exposure to any chemicals yet
they both were diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans, aka Popcorn Lung
Disease.
Bronchiolitis obliterans is a disease of the lungs which has been nicknamed
"Popcorn Lung" or "Popcorn Workers' Lung" due to onset
of this disease from inhalation of airborne diacetyl, a butter
flavoring used in popcorn. Popcorn Lung is a disease in which the bronchioles
are plugged with granulation tissue, also inflammation and scarring occurs
in the smallest airways of the lungs and can lead to severe and life threatening
shortness of breath.
These are only two of many people who have been diagnosed with Popcorn
Lung Disease. In fact, a man in Joplin, Misourri was awarded $20 million
in a suit against the factory he worked for. He was the first of 30 people
to file against this particular company.
The first reported case of Popcorn Lung in a consumer was also recently
reported. A man who ate 2 bags of microwave popcorn a day for about 10
years noticed that his lung capacity was not as good as it had been in
the past and when he went to a doctor about it he was diagnosed with Popcorn
Lung.
If you or a loved one have suffered from any of the side effects associated
with Popcorn Lung Disease please contact our service today.
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