So I saw the headlines claiming that microwave buttered popcorn can make you sick. The big news was supposed to be that you could get sick not only if you were working in a popcorn manufacturing plant but even if you were just eating the popcorn.

I have learned to ignore a lot of the health-scare articles the mainstream media run, but I do eat a bag of microwave popcorn a few times a year.

So I read one of the articles.

Apparently, the scare is based on a gentleman who

. . . had eaten microwave popcorn at least twice a day for more than 10 years.

“When he broke open the bags, after the steam came out, he would often inhale the fragrance because he liked it so much,” Dr. Rose said.

Scratch this from my list of things to worry about.