During shopping, your baby starts to fuss, so you conveniently let him play with a piece of receipt. He’s happy; you get peace. Sounds familiar?
I have perhaps given Vee hundreds of pieces of receipts to play with, and nearly choked when I read this article here (“High Levels of BPA Found in Cash Register Receipts, What You Can Do to Protect Yourself”).
Some quotes from the article:
- Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, DC, has discovered that many cash register receipts contain levels of Bisphenol-A (BPA) hundreds of times higher than those found in hard plastic water bottles, baby bottles, and canned foods.
- Never give a child a receipt to hold or play with.
- Do not recycle receipts and other thermal paper. BPA residues from receipts will contaminate recycled paper.
Using BPA-free bottles, breast pump and cutlery is not enough. Remember to keep ALL receipts and thermal paper away from your baby. After handling them yourself, give your hands a good wipe too.
Stay safe!
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OMG! I used to give them to my son, too! Hubby used to tell me off because of the ink but we never knew about the BPA. Thanks for sharing!
You are most welcome, Shen-Li. Now I am paranoid about all the ink that comes off paper. It is worse when kids like Vee put everything into their mouths.