Sorry to be the bad news guy, but it isn't just microwave popcorn that contains diacetyl. Pre-popped popcorn sold in bags also probably contains diacetyl if it is "butter flavored" popcorn. The kind that does not say "butter flavored" usually does not contain diacetyl, but just to make sure, check the labeling. If it says "artificial butter flavor" it is a reasonable bet it contains diacetyl.
I doubt if too many people will eat two bags or pre-popped corn every night, but is a little bit of poison every few days good for you?

One who consumes two bags of popcorn every night has already lived longer than he/she should.

Huh

Microwave popcorn tastes much worse than real (pan) popcorn. You would think real popcorn lovers would invest in a popcorn maker, which makes real popcorn, but automatically

Two bags a night?

Two of any one thing a night would probably kill you.

Will all the movie theatres now offer real butter on their popcorn? And what about the servers behind the counter shouldn't they be tested for lung disease? Hey, FDA wake up and starting banning some of this stuff. Don't be beholden to the multi-national corps who are trying to manipulate you.

Karmic retribution for all those slobs chomping on popcorn all around me every time I go to see a movie.

I hope the gentlemen will recover from this illness. I'll pray for him.

Perhaps this will help the John Edwards presidential campaign. Under his no choice health plan, doctor's visits will be mandatory. Perhaps this condition would have been discovered sooner.

The problem is microwave popcorn did not taste "buttery" when waved in oil. Since your average couch potato is to lazy to put real butter in the popcorn they whipped something up in the lab that tasted buttery, but acted like oil. Unfortunately this new chemical kills you.

This si the problem with chemical food. We evolved
with the plants and animals on the planet. Some try to poison us like poison ivy, other try to help up because they are evolved to coexist with humans. We evolved to be imune to the others.

With lab chemicals all bets are off. we don't know what they will do. There are so many they can't really be tested.

we use one of these devices to pop corn in the microwave and love it. you use no oil and it works every time.

http://www.amazon.com/Presto-04830-PowerPop-Microwave-Multi-Popper/dp/B00005IBXK/ref=sr_1_7/103-8979371-4485448?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1189092987&sr=8-7

Why not just cook it on the stovetop in a pan and pour some REAL melted butter on it? It tastes sooo much better, is healthier, doesn't take much longer, and it's a helluva lotta fun to do!

Let's not go TOO hard on Orville. What with his being dead, he probably didn't have much to do with this!

Here's what Orville Redenbacher doesn't want you to know: Just put some plain ol' popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag, enough to cover the bottom, microwave on high for about two minutes and you have a crunchy low fat treat. You can even re-microwave the Old Maids. Sometime I melt a little butter and honey in a coffee cup and pour that on.

Next up: The attack on BIG POPCORN

Why put the blame on the guy eating two bags a day? Why accept any personal responsibility at all?

"Orville MADE me eat it! If it wasn't there, I wouldn't have eaten it! ITs destroying the Environment! DOOM! DOOOM!"

Everything in moderation.

On Today, GE employee and pharmaceutical spokesperson Meredith Viera repeatedly stated that people "may" be getting sick from "eating" too much popcorn, during a report about people whose lungs were destroyed from breathing the "flavor chemicals" (Con Agra's words) that impart "butter flavor." The report wrapped up with assurances that Con Agra's flavor chemicals are completely safe. What a relief.