Is there BPA in my receipt? And is that bad?

<p><strong>#113</strong></p><p>What if BPA was in something more ordinary and everywhere than a water bottle? Something seemingly innocent and inconspicuous? Like a receipt? Wouldn't that just be a cherry on top of a sad sundae. </p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i35/Touching-thermal-paper-receipts-extend.htmlChemistry%20Julia%20Burdge%20%20Biochemistry%20%20https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+in+baking+soda&amp;oq=what+is+in+baking+soda&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j46i512j0i512l2j0i22i30l6.2453j0j9&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8%20https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-carbonation-time/%20http://websites.umich.edu/~chemstu/content_weeks/F_06_Week10/p848.pdf%20https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/celebrating-chemistry-editions/2021-ncw/fizz-race.html%20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VJ4cRWCpDw&amp;t=1s">https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i35/Touching-thermal-paper-receipts-extend.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs-acs-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.7b03093">https://pubs-acs-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.7b03093</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206219/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206219/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453537/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453537/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/shop-receipts-may-explain-majority-of-bpa-detected-in-people/3007968.article">https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/shop-receipts-may-explain-majority-of-bpa-detected-in-people/3007968.article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chemist