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110TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110-239
POPCORN WORKERS LUNG DISEASE PREVENTION ACT
JULY 18, 2007.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, from the Committee on
Education and Labor, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2693]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2693) to direct the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration to issue a standard regulating worker exposure to
diacetyl, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) An emergency exists concerning worker exposure to diacetyl, a substance
used in many flavorings, including artificial butter flavorings.
(2) There is compelling evidence that diacetyl presents a grave danger and
significant risk of life-threatening illness to exposed employees. Workers ex-
posed to diacetyl have developed, among other conditions, a debilitating lung
disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans.
(3) From 2000-2002 NIOSH identified cases of bronchiolitis obliterans in
workers employed in microwave popcorn plants, and linked these illnesses to
exposure to diacetyl used in butter flavoring. In December 2003, NIOSH issued
an alert Preventing Lung Disease in Workers Who Use or Make Flavorings,
recommending that employers implement measures to minimize worker expo-
sure to diacetyl.
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