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A suburban Denver man who was diagnosed with "popcorn lung," possibly from inhaling the artificial butter smell of the microwave popcorn he regularly ate, has won a $7.2 million verdict against various food companies.

That sick, heavy, queasy feeling you get when you leave the movie theater may not have come from, say, realizing you paid good money to watch 'Conan the Barbarian' in 3D. It may come from having mindlessly shoveled handful after handful of stale popcorn into your mouth.