I'm not sure this has anything to do with popcorn really... and everything to do with using strong chemicals for flavoring. Plenty of versions of this, from the "light", like the sugary syrups you get in pop/etc all the way to the hard core food coloring stuff.
I mean, the only reason this is notable is because it was the first time ever that a consumer was affected (you know, having thousand and thousands of these bags of popcorn isn't normal...). This suggests that smaller doses could cause an effect, but that isn't known at this point (he could of been sensitive, he seriously ODed on these making the concentration unusual - who knows what other factors might be involved).
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