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Bookmark or Share- About Flavoring-related Lung Disease - CDCThese include microwave popcorn, bakery mix, and flavored coffee industries. Workplace exposure to diacetyl has been associated with severe respiratory impairment and a lung disease called obliterative bronchiolitis. The disease is also called constrictive bronchiolitis and bronchiolitis obliterans.
- Update: Characteristics of a Nationwide Outbreak of E-cigarette ...Taylor J, Wiens T, Peterson J, et al. Characteristics of e-cigarette, or vaping, products used by patients with associated lung injury and products seized by law enforcement—Minnesota, 2018 and 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:1096–1100. Food and Drug Administration. Lung illnesses associated with use of vaping products.
- Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Evaluating ...Characteristics of a multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use, or vaping—United States, 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:860–4. CrossRef PubMed; Ghinai I, Pray IW, Navon L, et al. E-cigarette product use, or vaping, among persons with associated lung injury—Illinois and Wisconsin, April–September 2019.
- Preventing Lung Disease in Workers Who Use or Make Flavoringssevere lung disease in workers at a micro-wave popcorn packaging plant. Eight for-mer workers at this plant developed illness characterized by fixed airways obstruction on lung function tests [Akpinar-Elci et al. 2002]. An evaluation of the current workforce at this plant showed an association be-tween exposure to vapors from flavorings
- Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl and 2,3-Pentanedione - CDCDiacetyl and its substitute, 2,3-pentanedione, are widely used as flavoring compounds. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) objective in establishing recommended exposure limits (RELs) for diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione is to reduce the risk of respiratory impairment (decreased lung function) and the severe irreversible lung disease obliterative bronchiolitis ...
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