Simran Sethi: The Planetary Impact of Popcorn

"According to the popcorn industry, Americans gobble 16 billion quarts of popcorn each year, or 54 quarts per person, or approximately not nearly enough to bail us out of economic meltdown if popcorn were dollars." Not enough to bail us out, but enough to have a major impact on the planet. Many factory workers in microwave popcorn plants contract fatal lung diseases, due to inhaling "volatile, butter-flavoring ingredients."