Yeah, for cashiers the best protection would seem to be wearing nitrile gloves. But that would be uncomfortable to have to wear all work-day long, and the hands would get sweaty, and it would probably bring its own other set of issues.
It seems to me the government should require stores, at least large ones like Walmart and Kroger, to start phasing out receipts that contain BPA or BPS.
I didn't know about this issue, so I've always chosen paper receipts over digital, even when given a choice, and I usually keep the receipts in a notebook for several months. Now I'm reconsidering all that... Yesterday when reading those articles, I thought that surely it only affects some of the receipts I get, not most of them. But I just did a scratch test on the ones in my notebook, and all of them seem to discolor from the scratches, even though it's a fairly light discoloration... though the first link said to check for a "dark mark" from the scratches, so now I'm still not sure. All of the receipts being stacked together may be causing cross-contamination too.
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Date: 2019-03-29 01:17 pm (UTC)From:It seems to me the government should require stores, at least large ones like Walmart and Kroger, to start phasing out receipts that contain BPA or BPS.
I didn't know about this issue, so I've always chosen paper receipts over digital, even when given a choice, and I usually keep the receipts in a notebook for several months. Now I'm reconsidering all that... Yesterday when reading those articles, I thought that surely it only affects some of the receipts I get, not most of them. But I just did a scratch test on the ones in my notebook, and all of them seem to discolor from the scratches, even though it's a fairly light discoloration... though the first link said to check for a "dark mark" from the scratches, so now I'm still not sure. All of the receipts being stacked together may be causing cross-contamination too.