My Greasy Fingers are just the start of a problem

After following a few links today, I got to this information:

• On May 15th, 2006 three doctors from California (Dr. Robert Harrison, MD, MPH; Dr. Arthur Gelb, MD; Dr. Phillip Harber, MD) released a document reporting the cases of two people who worked in two separate flavoring manufacturing plants, each of which manufactured artificial butter flavoring. In both of these cases, one being a 32 year old man and one being a 43 year old woman, the employees had no prior exposure to any chemicals yet they both were diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans, aka Popcorn Lung Disease.
• Bronchiolitis obliterans is a disease of the lungs which has been nicknamed "Popcorn Lung" or "Popcorn Workers' Lung" due to onset of this disease from inhalation of airborne diacetyl, a butter flavoring used in popcorn. Popcorn Lung is a disease in which the bronchioles are plugged with granulation tissue, also inflammation and scarring occurs in the smallest airways of the lungs and can lead to severe and life threatening shortness of breath.
• These are only two of many people who have been diagnosed with Popcorn Lung Disease. In fact, a man in Joplin, Missouri was awarded $20 million in a suit against the factory he worked for. He was the first of 30 people to file against this particular company.
• The first reported case of Popcorn Lung in a consumer was also recently reported. A man who ate 2 bags of microwave popcorn a day for about 10 years noticed that his lung capacity was not as good as it had been in the past and when he went to a doctor about it he was diagnosed with Popcorn Lung.

I eat a small bag of Popcorn almost every day. When I go the movie, I eat too much popcorn. And, although I'm not a "butter-flavor-lover", I'm pretty sure I'm in the risk category as far as eaters go. The thing that ticks me off is that the danger from this chemical comes from heating the chemical. Thus, the popcorn is not dangerous until I put it in the microwave, and start inhaling that delicious scent. What's next? Cancer from coffee smell? Disease from baking cookies? Cinnamon Roll Cindrome?