Cal/OSHA Starts Outreach to Food Flavoring Industry on Debilitating Lung Disease

With a California worker developing a devastating lung disease from suspected exposure to diacetyl, which is used to flavor microwave popcorn, and another case under investigation, Cal/OSHA is starting a special emphasis program to warn the flavoring industry of the threat of Bronchiolitis obliterans. The syndrome is just as nasty as it sounds