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Disease is swift, response is slow

Number 23125
Subject Chemicals
Source Baltimore Sun
State MD
Year 2006
Publication Date 04/23/2006; 07/26/2006; 08/03/2006; 08/30/2006
Summary Diacetyl is found in thousands of food products and used as a butter flavoring, but the toxicity levels has never been tested. Hundred of workers is a Midwestern popcorn plant developed lung damage after exposure to the chemical.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 29
Keywords food; posion; FDA; toxin; toxic; flavor; artificial
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