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If you do this be sure to buy BPA free receipt paper Handling receipt paper is what turned out to be the cause of the high BPA numbers when boba tea was tested

If you do this be sure to buy BPA free receipt paper Handling receipt paper is what turned out to be the cause of the high BPA numbers when boba tea was tested https://x.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252 https://x.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252

aschmelyun 11mo ago
I did! I also use gloves when handling a large amount of the receipts. I worked as a cashier for years in my teens and twenties though, so it’s probably already in my blood.
- NewJazz 11mo ago
  I mean, over time it would exit right?
  - Ultimatt 11mo ago
    It lingers in fat tissue and once at a low enough level your liver doesn't really clear it. But that kind of level isn't necessarily linked to increased risks of diabetes or heart disease.
thousand_nights 11mo ago
this one time when i was young and dumb and into smoking weed, i remember running out of rolling paper so i rolled a joint using a supermarket receipt i had and smoked it this was like 20 years ago, still makes me shudder after i learned about the BPA stuff
- cluckindan 11mo ago
  Fun fact, that extremely thin paper used in bibles is usually hemp paper.
  - vscode-rest 11mo ago
    Genesis 1:29, anyone?
    - abdusco 11mo ago
      It's Genesis 4:20, you silly
- trenchpilgrim 11mo ago
  A few years ago my friend's mother started using medical marijuana for pain management. My friend had to explain that no, you should not make a pipe out of a coke can because of the plastic liner, go to a head shop and buy a glass pipe like a normal person!
  - CaptainOfCoit 11mo ago
    > you should not make a pipe out of a coke can because of the plastic liner I'm fairly sure it doesn't make much of an health impact considering the hot smoke you pull into your lung, but when I was kid and we made pipes out of cans in "emergencies" we'd use the outside of the can as where you put anything with fire, you don't have to turn it inside out to be able to smoke out of it.
    - brailsafe 11mo ago
      > we'd use the outside of the can as where you put anything with fire, you don't have to turn it inside out to be able to smoke out of it. This is what I pictured, but now I'm curious how you'd use the inside of the can.
      - CaptainOfCoit 11mo ago
        Some stoner-engineering could hook up two cans with each other, one is the cup you use for burning the material and the other one the "water-passageway". Obviously not recommended as there is plastic liner on the inside, but in that way you could use the inside :) Basically a bong in two pieces made out of two cans.
        brailsafe 11mo ago
        genius
    - trenchpilgrim 11mo ago
      Heating up plastic gives off all kinds of really nasty organic compounds, far worse than the drug... doesn't need to be direct flame.
- userbinator 11mo ago
  The products of combustion you inhaled are likely far worse.
  - brailsafe 11mo ago
    I mean... the weed was going to get smoked, it was definitely the receipt that was the foreign invader here.
    - scotty79 11mo ago
      The fact that you did something intentionally doesn't automatically make it less of a mistake.
      - brailsafe 11mo ago
        Yes it does
        scotty79 11mo ago
        No it doesn't. Worst mistakes are usually the ones when somebody does intentionally something that seemed like a good idea at the time.
wilted-iris 11mo ago
Any recommendations on where to source BPA-free thermal paper? I've tried to source BPA free shipping labels in the US and found them unobtainable.
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contrarian1234 11mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects_and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects_and... "In the 2010s public health agencies in the EU,[81][82][83] US,[84][85] Canada,[86] Australia[87] and Japan as well as the WHO[12] all reviewed the health risks of BPA, and found normal exposure to be below the level currently associated with risk." If it has some health effects, they've been incredibly hard to actually pin down..
- hellcow 11mo ago
  “Normal exposure” is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence. Presumably having all your daily texts arrive on such paper wouldn’t be “normal exposure,” which if I recall correctly is handling a receipt for a few seconds a day with only your fingertips.
fgbarben 11mo ago
You do know that BPA-free just means they use BPS or some other bisphenol plasticizer, right? Right? Because all of the research was focused on BPA and nobody tested BPS even though they're quite similar chemically. You just can't polymerize plastics without a plasticizer. It's just not allowed by chemistry. No free lunch. If you want something that's not going to leach huge amounts of plasticizers onto your fingers, use an inkjet or a laser toner printer or a laser marking machine. They don't really make those for receipts, though, because fingers tend to be wet and powdered toner is expensive.
- MrGilbert 11mo ago
  There are alternatives like Blue4est available, though. They don’t use bisphenol or other chemical developers.
ThePowerOfFuet 11mo ago
https://xcancel.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252 https://xcancel.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252

aschmelyun 11mo ago

I did! I also use gloves when handling a large amount of the receipts. I worked as a cashier for years in my teens and twenties though, so it’s probably already in my blood.

NewJazz 11mo ago
I mean, over time it would exit right?
- Ultimatt 11mo ago
  It lingers in fat tissue and once at a low enough level your liver doesn't really clear it. But that kind of level isn't necessarily linked to increased risks of diabetes or heart disease.

thousand_nights 11mo ago

this one time when i was young and dumb and into smoking weed, i remember running out of rolling paper so i rolled a joint using a supermarket receipt i had and smoked it this was like 20 years ago, still makes me shudder after i learned about the BPA stuff

cluckindan 11mo ago
Fun fact, that extremely thin paper used in bibles is usually hemp paper.
- vscode-rest 11mo ago
  Genesis 1:29, anyone?
  - abdusco 11mo ago
    It's Genesis 4:20, you silly
trenchpilgrim 11mo ago
A few years ago my friend's mother started using medical marijuana for pain management. My friend had to explain that no, you should not make a pipe out of a coke can because of the plastic liner, go to a head shop and buy a glass pipe like a normal person!
- CaptainOfCoit 11mo ago
  > you should not make a pipe out of a coke can because of the plastic liner I'm fairly sure it doesn't make much of an health impact considering the hot smoke you pull into your lung, but when I was kid and we made pipes out of cans in "emergencies" we'd use the outside of the can as where you put anything with fire, you don't have to turn it inside out to be able to smoke out of it.
  - brailsafe 11mo ago
    > we'd use the outside of the can as where you put anything with fire, you don't have to turn it inside out to be able to smoke out of it. This is what I pictured, but now I'm curious how you'd use the inside of the can.
    - CaptainOfCoit 11mo ago
      Some stoner-engineering could hook up two cans with each other, one is the cup you use for burning the material and the other one the "water-passageway". Obviously not recommended as there is plastic liner on the inside, but in that way you could use the inside :) Basically a bong in two pieces made out of two cans.
      - brailsafe 11mo ago
        genius
  - trenchpilgrim 11mo ago
    Heating up plastic gives off all kinds of really nasty organic compounds, far worse than the drug... doesn't need to be direct flame.
userbinator 11mo ago
The products of combustion you inhaled are likely far worse.
- brailsafe 11mo ago
  I mean... the weed was going to get smoked, it was definitely the receipt that was the foreign invader here.
  - scotty79 11mo ago
    The fact that you did something intentionally doesn't automatically make it less of a mistake.
    - brailsafe 11mo ago
      Yes it does
      - scotty79 11mo ago
        No it doesn't. Worst mistakes are usually the ones when somebody does intentionally something that seemed like a good idea at the time.

wilted-iris 11mo ago

Any recommendations on where to source BPA-free thermal paper? I've tried to source BPA free shipping labels in the US and found them unobtainable.

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contrarian1234 11mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects_and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects_and... "In the 2010s public health agencies in the EU,[81][82][83] US,[84][85] Canada,[86] Australia[87] and Japan as well as the WHO[12] all reviewed the health risks of BPA, and found normal exposure to be below the level currently associated with risk." If it has some health effects, they've been incredibly hard to actually pin down..

hellcow 11mo ago
“Normal exposure” is doing some heavy lifting in that sentence. Presumably having all your daily texts arrive on such paper wouldn’t be “normal exposure,” which if I recall correctly is handling a receipt for a few seconds a day with only your fingertips.

fgbarben 11mo ago

You do know that BPA-free just means they use BPS or some other bisphenol plasticizer, right? Right? Because all of the research was focused on BPA and nobody tested BPS even though they're quite similar chemically. You just can't polymerize plastics without a plasticizer. It's just not allowed by chemistry. No free lunch. If you want something that's not going to leach huge amounts of plasticizers onto your fingers, use an inkjet or a laser toner printer or a laser marking machine. They don't really make those for receipts, though, because fingers tend to be wet and powdered toner is expensive.

MrGilbert 11mo ago
There are alternatives like Blue4est available, though. They don’t use bisphenol or other chemical developers.

ThePowerOfFuet 11mo ago

https://xcancel.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252 https://xcancel.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252