Higher BPA Detected in People After Handling Receipts

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

People are exposed to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) mainly through food. But the potentially harmful chemical is also found on receipts, and can be absorbed into people's bodies through the skin when they handle receipt paper, a new study shows.

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