Mee@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTouching Paper Receipts for 10 Seconds Results in Unsafe Exposure to Highly Toxic BPS: Watchdog.www.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1514arrow-down1external-linkTouching Paper Receipts for 10 Seconds Results in Unsafe Exposure to Highly Toxic BPS: Watchdog.www.commondreams.orgMee@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-text
Like the better-known chemical BPA, BPS is an endocrine disruptor linked to breast cancer and reproductive toxicity.
minus-squareRonno@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 days agoNaive Dutch guy here: can’t you just refuse the receipt? Here they ask you if you want the receipt, and you can simply say: No, thank you.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoI do this frequently. In many places the cashier has to print it, so instead if handing it over to me they just throw it in the trash…
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoSome places security harasses you unless you show a receipt
Naive Dutch guy here: can’t you just refuse the receipt? Here they ask you if you want the receipt, and you can simply say: No, thank you.
I do this frequently. In many places the cashier has to print it, so instead if handing it over to me they just throw it in the trash…
Some places security harasses you unless you show a receipt