Is there BPA in my receipt? And is that bad?

Chemistry For Your Life

#113

What if BPA was in something more ordinary and everywhere than a water bottle? Something seemingly innocent and inconspicuous? Like a receipt? Wouldn't that just be a cherry on top of a sad sundae.

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References from this episode

1. https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i35/Touching-thermal-paper-receipts-extend.html
2. https://pubs-acs-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.7b03093
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206219/
4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453537/
5. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/shop-receipts-may-explain-majority-of-bpa-detected-in-people/3007968.article
6. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/bpa-friend-or-foe/5649.article
7. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749120320947
8. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0269749120320947?token=00CDC59193489F585451665FA346F74F8EF3C86D9AFFE45F605A0656301BB33F03DE3907E0EE3175806D4E3292D67386&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20210905235245
9. https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-05/documents/bpa_kickoff-alternatives.pdf
10. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed076p1201

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