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Or potentially for the sake of your health, especially if you spend half an hour on the train every morning handling the printouts: - http://www.physorg.com/ne
by 5l 15y ago
Or potentially for the sake of your health, especially if you spend half an hour on the train every morning handling the printouts:
- http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-bpa-thermal-paper-receipts-skin.html http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-bpa-thermal-paper-receip...
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_paper#Health_and_environmental_concerns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_paper#Health_and_enviro...
- mapleoin 15y agothe Wikipedia link you gave says: exposure of a person repeatedly touching thermal printer paper for 10 h/day, such as at a cash register, could reach 71 microg/day, which is 42 times less than the present tolerable daily intake (TDI).
- 5l 15y agoPresent being the operative word. Plus cashiers don't rub the receipts against their hand for long periods of time building up sweat, as you might if you were filling out a puzzle. Anyway I did say potential, but as the researcher suggests pregnant women working as cashiers should be careful and err on the side of caution.
- petsos 15y agoCashiers have to deal with thermal printer paper that is being printed all the time. You will be dealing with just one or two printouts per day. You are being overly dramatic.
- divtxt 15y agoHopefully they use a standard size of paper so you can just buy BPA-free paper.
- maximusprime 15y agoIt could be potentially life threatening!!!!!!
- Fliko 15y agoMake sure you don't eat bananas either!