Action News Jax collected dozens of local receipts and had them tested by a lab. It found most of them contained a harmful chemical.
Since most places still offer paper receipts, we have them in our wallets or purses, our cars, or our homes. You may not realize it, but there are harmful chemicals in many of those paper receipts, includingAccording to research shared by the National Library of Medicine, BPS has been found to cause metabolic disorders, can be toxic to the reproductive system, and has been shown to hormonally promote certain breast cancers.
Dr. Laura Vandenberg is a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at UMass Amherst. She said, “These are not chemicals we should have in our bodies.” Vandenberg conducted a study in 2017 and found on average people held their receipts for more than 11 minutes -- which is longer than regulatory agencies estimate. Vandenberg said in her study, “Someone blotted their pizza grease with the thermal paper. Someone used it as a napkin. Someone blotted their lipstick.”
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