Popcorn Lung Condition Lawsuit

DENVER (AP) - A man in the Denver area is suing Cincinnati's Kroger Company claiming his two-bags-a-day diet of popcorn gave him a lung ailment previously seen only in popcorn factory workers.

Wayne Watson was diagnosed last year with "popcorn lung," a rare condition linked to the flavor chemical diacetyl. Hundreds of workers at microwave popcorn plants have said they have severe lung disease or other respiratory illnesses from inhaling diacetyl vapors.

Watson's federal lawsuit says Kroger and two of its divisions failed to warn that preparing microwave popcorn and smelling the buttery aroma could expose consumers to lung injuries.

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