There’s BPA on store receipts! Yikes!

Jul 28 2010

Good to know that BofA ATM receipts are clean… icon smile Theres BPA on store receipts! Yikes!

 Theres BPA on store receipts! Yikes!

People interested in limiting exposure to bisphenol A — a hormone-mimicking environmental contaminant — might want to consider wearing gloves the next time a store clerk hands over a cash-register receipt. A July 27 report by a public-interest research group has now confirmed many of these receipts have a BPA-rich powdery residue on their surface. But you can’t tell which ones on the basis of a visual inspection.

More evidence that BPA laces store receipts

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