date:Aug 27, 2012
ugh most microwave popcorn-makers have since voluntarily removed diacetyl from their products, several replaced it with 2,3-pentanedione, which this month was found by government researchers to pose similar respiratory dangers to workers as diacetyl. The study, by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, did not examine possible effects of 2,3-pentanedione on consumers.
The risks with these chemicals were enough to prompt