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More findings on exposure to bisphenol A from thermal paper receipts

A study by US NGO the Environmental Working Group has found that two-fifths of thermal paper receipts it obtained from a range of grocery stores, retailers, gas stations and other outlets and had tested by a laboratotry contained bisphenol A concentrations ranging from 0.8 to 3% by weight. Some outlets used BPA-free receipts. "Most Americans are probably unaware that they are regularly exposed to the same endocrine-disrupting chemical [as they...