The Nag Don't Eat This Stuff

I can't understand why people choose to ingest chemical laden fake food - it tastes so artificial. I'm convinced that these chemicals aggravate allergies and cause cancer in those who choose to eat them. It's no surprise to me that workers would suffer serious health effects as a result of exposure to them.

SOUTH GATE, Calif. -- She was once in constant motion; her co-workers compared her to a roadrunner because of the way she darted around the workplace. But now Irma Ortiz sits at the edge of her couch, too winded to sweep her patio or walk her son to school without resting. She is slowly suffocating.
Ortiz, 44, is among a group of California food-flavoring workers recently diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans, a rare and life-threatening form of fixed obstructive lung disease. Also known as popcorn workers lung, because it has turned up in workers at microwave-popcorn factories, the disease destroys the lungs. A transplant is the only cure.

Via Reddit