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it's true, but the amount of BPA one picks up from handling receipts, even as a cashier for years like I was, is negligible. Much less than people pick up from other sources, and not enough to disrupt hormones. I'm not worried about it.
Bpa in till roll is banned in the EU.
"Some workers may be more exposed to BPA than the general public (Bousoumah et al., 2021). As an example, BPA was previously used in thermal receipt papers; as a result, cashiers were highly exposed to BPA via skin contact due to frequently handling receipts (Björnsdotter et al., 2017). A restriction introduced under REACH banned the use of BPA in thermal paper in 2020."
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/peoples-exposure-to-bisphenol-a
Luckily we got the rule before we brexited. I asked on the intranet in a previous job if our till roll has BPA, and they told me it doesn't because it's illegal under EU law.