美國利諾州一名患「爆米花肺」的工人，已獲得陪審團同意判決廠商賠償三千零四十萬美元...

A factory worker in Illinois suffering from a life-threatening disease known as "popcorn lung" has been awarded US$30.4 million by a state jury against a supplier of a chemical found in butter-flavored microwave popcorn.


Gerardo Solis, 45, has worked for various popcorn and popcorn-flavoring plants in the Chicago area since 1987. Over time, Solis, a father of three, developed the rare respiratory disease that has destroyed 75 percent of his lungs, leaving him with the minimum lung capacity a person needs to live. Fireworks displays or second-hand smoke can send Solis into brutal coughing fits, which can cause him to pass out. Eventually, he'll need a lung transplant.

伊利諾州一名患有致命疾病「爆米花肺」的工廠工人，已獲得陪審團同意判決由供應一種化學物質的廠商賠償三千零四十萬美元，一種奶油口味的微波爆米花裡含有這種化學物質。
四十五歲的索利斯自一九八七年以來，就在芝加哥不同的爆米花與爆米花調味廠工作。經過一段時間，這名育有三名子女的父親罹患了這種罕見的呼吸疾病。該疾病破壞了索利斯百分之七十五的肺，使他的肺只剩下支撐一個人活下來所需的最基本功能。煙火或二手菸會使他不停地咳嗽，讓他陷入昏迷，到最後他就需要進行肺臟移植手術了。

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