BPA/BPS-free thermal paper exists; both chemicals are banned in the EU.

> be me

> live in city

> breathe vehicle exhaust and tire dust everyday

> drink alcohol

> drive to my desk job

> live on ultra processed food

> salt and sugar for a treat

> better not touch this piece of paper - for my health

> open another Monster energy drink (tm). I can sleep when I’m dead.

When California mandated prop 65 warnings to be posted in every single parking garage in the state, that’s when I decided we’ve truly jumped the shark. These giant signs on every garage are now admonishing us to be careful not to spend any time in these garages because of the so dangerous fumes. I want to add on to it in sharpie: “Also, stay at least 200 feet away from any road, street or highway, so just basically go camp in the fucking woods for the rest of your life!”

Pretty much. Same thing with microplastics: sure it may be bad for you, but the average modern lifestyle includes so many other things that we know are much worse (smoking, drinking, factory food, sedentary, soda, …)

I suspect the author, like nearly all of us here will get more exposure to BPA from handling supermarket (etc.) receipts than from this gimmick.

I typically decline those.

Thermal paper was widely used for fax machines and portable printers years back as well.

Worse: I worked in grocery stores for years as a cashier lol

I did too but the printers were still dot matrix with ink ribbons then.

I rarely see thermal printers at grocery checkouts. Almost all that I see are ink.

What country is this? I haven’t seen a dot matrix printer at a store in a decade.

Fun fact: when Apple first opened retail stores, they printed receipts on big Lexmark laser printers, 8.5x11, on VERY nice paper, like resume paper, it was absurd how nice and thick the paper was. It was preprinted with return policies etc on the back (and maybe a color Apple on the front?) It only lasted a few years like that and they eventually got cheap thermal printers installed.

In the US. Maybe I am wrong but I see what appear to me to be multicolor ink jet POP printers. I see matrix in restaurants and shops and they are distinct as they are slow and noisy.

I'm pretty sure I ate some as a bet in high school.