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Fast Company: How to spot a BPA-free receipt

Fast Company, Ariel Schwartz
Published November 9, 2010

We were disturbed to learn earlier this year that BPA, a potentially toxic endocrine disruptor found in everything from water bottles to soup cans, is present in significant levels on receipts from chains including Safeway, KFC, Whole Foods, and Walmart. And a recent study suggests that BPA easily penetrates skin. But all hope isn't lost. Appleton, the largest manufacturer of thermal paper and the only producer of BPA-free thermal receipt paper in the U.S, announced this week that it has added small red fibers to its paper so that shoppers and cashiers can immediately see when their receipts are BPA-free. Click here to read this post.
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