Comments on: Washing Our Hands of BPA this Winter

By: Jennifer Webb

Jennifer Webb — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:52:16 +0000

Thank you Beth for everything you do! Every since I read this posting over a year ago I have been on a mission to write to companies to see if their receipts contain BPA. Maybe my email will plant the seed for the company to not use receipts with BPA. Some companies are very responsive to my questions, some refuse to reply, and some respond, but don’t bother to actually answer my questions.

Thanks for teaching us something new everyday!

By: Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 198 | The Good Human

Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 198 | The Good Human — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:32:18 +0000

[...] not just a worrisome chemical in hard plastic water bottles, baby bottles, and sippy cups. Almost all canned foods are full of the stuff. And our biggest source of exposure could be the thermal paper cash register receipts we handle [...]

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:17:38 +0000

I work in a library that uses thermal paper for due date receipts. Besides handling the paper at work, I was using the receipts as bookmarks. But when I read I have a habit of holding and rubbing the bookmark…
Not any more. And no more recycling them.
I am so tired of being tripped up every time I try to do the right thing!
Thanks for spreading the word.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:21:26 +0000

This information is great. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am new to plastic free living and this site is incredibe. I have disabling migraines and am looking into causes unknown for people. I may have hit the jackpot. Is there a way I can reach Rebecca who mentioned having migraines also for some information and support, please. I have a great story about the chemicals in plastic ruining the top on my newy refinished vanity. It will have to be refinished again because I set a plastic makeup bag on it for several days. That is what opened my eyes to the possibility of plastice poisoning and I am so exited to think it could be this simple and I could have a regular life again after 6 years!! Thank you! Peace.

By: Staci

Staci — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:04:22 +0000

Re: BPA and recycled toilet paper.
I recently purchased bamboo toilet paper- no bpa…good for the environment and no plastic packaging!!
GREAT company. http://WWW.Bumboosa.com—please check them out. I found them when shopping for diaper wipes (I use recycled cloth and water as much as I can, but for travel,etc I still use some packaged wipes). You can return the packaging back to them and they reuse it,

By: Ariana Web

Ariana Web — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:16:35 +0000

The only problem I find with cutting down cans, things become so time consuming. Cooking things like beans becomes an overnight soaking thing instead of just popping them out of the can. We should definitely go fresh as much as possible, we have to take care of this planet.

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:58:44 +0000

Thanks, Green Girl. I just sent an email to the company to find out what they are using in place of BPA.

By: green girl in wisconsin

green girl in wisconsin — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:19:52 +0000

A little fun fact about BPA in receipt paper–I’ve covered this over at EcoWomen and the primary producer of BPA -free receipt rolls is APPLETON (a paper company) who will begin inserting red fibers in it’s BPA-free rolls to help consumers identify it as such. Here’s the link: http://ecowomen.net/2010/11/10/bpa-in-recept-paper-updated-news/

By: Piper

Piper — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:52:53 +0000

It seems sometimes that every time you turn around, industry has found another place to put/hide/dispose of/apply needlessly its toxic chemicals. You can’t keep up. We seem to have no right to a non-toxic life anymore. It’s very troubling.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:40:43 +0000

I had heard of BPA in receipts awhile ago but didn’t think much of it and forgot about it honestly until reading your post. And timely as it is, I have been working as a cashier at REI for the last few months, so reading this I was concerned. I immediately e-mailed REI and got a response back within a few hours. I thought you and your readers might be interested in the response:

“We have been aware of the possibility of BPA in register receipts for some time. It is our understanding that the co-op was among the first retailers in the country to work proactively to research its receipt paper supply chain and take action for a BPA-free solution for our employees, members and customers.
Since January 2010, our stores have been using BPA-free receipt paper. In addition, REI’s current receipt paper is FSC-certified, which supports our sustainable forestry goals to know the source of all paper fiber. We are also monitoring the collaborative EPA working group regarding this subject…

…Regards,
Megan Behrbaum, REI Public Affairs”

Makes me happy that they cared when I ignored the issue, and as an employee, I am really happy they care.