Study: BPA found on register receipts, dollar bills

[rsmith6621]

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/126362788.html

SEATTLE -- There's a new warning about a hidden danger you could face every time you go shopping.

A new study found register receipts printed on thermal paper contain BPA, a chemical already banned in baby bottles.

"It is not good for your body," said Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, campaign director of the Washington Toxics Coalition. "Its been linked to obesity, hyperactivity, cancer, lower testosterone and sperm production. It's really not a good chemical that you want to be exposed to."

[flamingdem]

1. There's also some kind of connection to hypothyroidism involved

with exposure to BPA.

[marions ghost]

2. Is it in plastics

other than baby bottles?

[BadgerKid]

4. Yep. #7. Also some of the liners in canned foods.

BPA is found in polycarbonate plastic food containers often marked on the bottom with the letters "PC" recycling label #7. Not all #7 labeled products are polycarbonate but this is a reasonable guideline for a category of plastics to avoid. Polycarbonate plastics are rigid and transparent and used for sippy cups, baby bottles, food storage, and water bottles. Some polycarbonate water bottles are marketed as 'non-leaching' for minimizing plastic taste or odor, however there is still a possibility that trace amounts of BPA will migrate from these containers, particularly if used to heat liquids.

Safer products and uses: When possible it is best to avoid #7 plastics, especially for children's food. Plastics with the recycling labels #1, #2 and #4 on the bottom are safer choices and do not contain BPA. Find baby bottles in glass versions, or those made from the safer plastics including polyamine, polypropylene and polyethylene. Soft or cloudy-colored plastic does not contain BPA. Bottles used to pump and store expressed breast milk by the brand Medela are also labeled BPA-free.

http://www.ewg.org/bisphenol-a-info

[marions ghost]

5. thanks for info

a little annoying that it's on register receipts. I guess we all should be going around with latex-free gloves on...

I HATE this "buyer beware" country of ours. Lack of safety regs makes us all into fearful product researchers. The Rethuglicans have cut money for FDA etc. They know these things are not safe but they let us be guinea pigs.

[Mosby]

3. I buy my register/cc machine tape at Sam's Club

It's been BPA free for quite a while now.