CHICAGO — At least one man who ate several bags of butter-flavored microwave popcorn each day has developed a life-threatening lung disease possibly caused by an additive in the popcorn, his doctor ...

There seems to be more than a kernel of truth in findings that a chemical in the buttery flavoring that coats microwave popcorn can cause serious lung disease. On Sept. 24, as the House was about to ...

The nation's largest popcorn maker is developing an integrated campaign that will tout the fact that its reformulated Orville Redenbacher and ACT II microwave brands no longer contain added diacetyl, ...

The nation's biggest microwave popcorn makers are working to remove a flavoring chemical from their products linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers while reassuring consumers about the ...