Study: Handling receipts endangers store cashiers’ unborn babies
Danger comes from bisphenol A in thermal paper
Banned in baby bottles and removed from a number of products, Bisphenol A (BPA) is still found in the thermal paper used for sales receipts – which could be putting the health of pregnant cashiers’ unborn babies at risk, according to a recent study.
A report released earlier this year by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) joins a growing body of evidence that BPA – a man-made, carbon-based synthetic compound – poses health hazards for fetuses, infants and young children.