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Whole Grain Cereals and Popcorn Surprisingly Rich in Antioxidants
Scientists found snack foods like popcorn and breakfast cereals contain "surprisingly large" quantities of antioxidant substances "polyphenols". The study was revealed today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). " Polyphenols are a major... Diet Don't : Popcorn’s deadly butter-vapor diacetyl
A decade after safety concerns were first raised by experts, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted public hearings on Diacetyl – a chemical widely used to flavor microwave popcorn. The public comment period ended on April 21st.
Recent... Cinemas ban popcorn
A UK cinema chain has branded popcorn a 'noisy, messy' snack and is to ban it from its theatres. One of the joys of going to the cinema is buying overpriced tub of popcorn and munching through it as the film...
created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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3251 views | 62 recommendations | 33 comments
Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos
"Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos By Jenna Wortham June 09, 2008 | 5:37:20 PMCategories: Advertising, Video, Viral, Web/Tech YouTube videos that show a group of friends...Popcorn with the cell phone -
Watch these videos of cell phones poping corn!Just to add another thought to the discussion, wasn't it August 2005 when the sun's magnetic shield flipped? The earth's magnetic shield is slowly shifting. I've heard it said that this will cause birds to become "confused",...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2392 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
MTV Movie Awards a fiery snooze-fest
A quick perusal of news on last night's MTV Awards reveals an unfortunate truth--an accidental fire in a nearby studio may have been the most exciting part. A Boston Herald review, below, is one of the more...Kernel-Loving Man Sues Over 'Popcorn-Lung' Disease
As we reported in September 2007, Wayne Watson was diagnosed as the first consumer known to have contracted "popcorn-lung," or bronchiolitis obliterans, due to consuming massive amounts of microwave...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1122 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Blogs and Popcorn
" . From the ‘Vantage’ poin of view of CNNMoney.com (January 11, 2008) I quote ..”Blog news travels faster than dry leaves can ignite into a wildfire.”. The explanation... Popcorn fumes cause cancer: study
Chemicals used in flavouring microwave popcorn may have caused the first case of "popcorn lung" (lung cancer from chemical fumes related to microwave popcorn production) in a consumer. The disease is already... Microwave Popcorn Linked to Disease
I actually despise bringing attention to this bit of unhealthy news. Life has it's special pleasures that in someway make everything more bearable. One of those for me (cough) has since childhood (cough) been the...Rejected in Front of Thousands
I always wondered what would happen if she said "no"... Now I know. This is horrible, like, time-stands-still horrible. Like show-up-for-school-in-your-underwear horrible.During a Houston Astros baseball game, a fan proposed to his girlfriend, and it all went wrong:" With...Finding The Fairest Prices For Student Loans
"Can you imagine someone ripping you off for a Payday candy bar? Something close to that apparently has been happening at the University of Texas, where the financial aid office maintained a list of the freebies showered on the staff by student loan companies. Payday candy... It’s All About Sight & Smell At Globalshop 2007 :: Symblogogy
"Just walk the floor of the Globalshop 2007 and have your senses be assaulted.
Long held as one of the most visually appealing tradeshows in the western hemisphere, Globalshop brings together every enterprise...
created by Edmund Jenks | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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From Popcorn Deliveryman to Huge Celebrity...Maybe
I stumbled on the case of Kevin Johnson, "The Famous Guy" , whose goal is to become world famous in the space of one year. To accomplish this goal he is doing things like running a MySpace page and a blog,...Vending Machine Videos at VideoSelf
"I am a sucker for a good old fashioned video store. I like to browse and wander and then walk out with far more movies than I had planned. The art of the find is half of the fun. Aside from Classic Video and maybe a handful of others, the state of video rental places in...
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