Receipts printed on thermal paper contain BPA and endocrine disruptors, and touching them can increase absorption. — Whalespan
Receipts printed on thermal paper contain BPA and endocrine disruptors, and touching them can increase absorption.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“all of the receipts printed on thermal paper have BPA and other endocrine disruptors so I'm like trying to touch this as little as possible so and apparently if you touch a receipt and you clean your hands with like an antibacterial gel or something that can make it worse and increase the absorption of these hormone disrupting chemicals”