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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis Too?? BPA (& BPS)-Tainted Receipts.. thermal-paper receipts readily transfer to skin
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Consumer-Reports-BPA-Tainted-Receipts-275319091.htmlConsumer Reports: BPA-Tainted Receipts
Cash register receipts, ATM receipts, the receipts the gas pump spits out and even baggage claim checksif theyre printed on thermal paper, they probably contain bisphenol A, known as BPA.
Its a chemical that raises safety concerns because its linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer, cardiovascular disease and reproductive abnormalities.
The BPA in thermal-paper receipts readily transfers to the skin, where it can penetrate quickly.
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that volunteers who were handling BPA-coated receipts for just 2 hours had significantly higher levels of BPA in their urine.
Fortunately, its easy to spot thermal-paper receipts by rubbing the printed side with a coin or paper clip. If a dark mark appears, it is thermal paper.
Consumer Reports has this advice for avoiding BPA in receipts:
Get e-mail receipts when possible.
If you must keep paper receipts, dont just stuff them into your wallet. Store them in a plastic bag. Not only does BPA rub onto your hands but it also comes off onto anything it comes into contact with, including paper money.
For people who handle a lot of thermal paper, cashiers, for instance, wear nitrile glovesthe type you see in doctors offices or in the hospital.
And everyone should wash his or her hands after handling thermal paper.
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I believe this has been used in public for quite some time.
Just FYI friends
From Dallas News just now.
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This Too?? BPA (& BPS)-Tainted Receipts.. thermal-paper receipts readily transfer to skin (Original Post)
misterhighwasted
Sep 2014
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tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)1. Thermal paper receipts suck
Not only for the reasons you mention but also because they fade away pretty quickly so they suck for record keeping. These are very popular in restaurant printers and as an employee my clock in/out times were printed on them. I saved them until my next pay check so I could have a printed record of my time worked in case of an error. The one time there was an error I grabbed those receipts and about half of them had faded past the point of legibility and were useless.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)2. Think if we follow the money we will find out
there was a profit margin at stake?
Profit over peoples needs & well being.
Consumers are dispensable.