Poisoning — United States
It’s been known for years that diacetyl destroys lungs. So why is it still harming coffee workers and allowed in e-cigarettes? Nearly a dozen more workers at a Texas coffee roasting plant are thought to have lung disease tied to dangerous chemicals — tripling the number initially diagnosed. And half of them are suspected of having an irreversible and sometimes fatal illness called bronchiolitis obliterans.
Doctors and scientists say 2 chemicals: diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione — which are
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