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Jeff Jarvis Apr 14, 2025

High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts used by US retailers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/paper-receipt-chemical-bisphenol-s

High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts used by US retailers

Holding the receipts for 10 seconds absorbs enough bisphenol S to break California’s safety rule, research finds

The Guardian

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Bill Mullins

@jeffjarvis These are the thermal printer tapes that came out in the 1980s. We have known about this since the beginning, but the cheap reliable print mechanism made them too popular for anyone with money to care.