No Health Risk to Customers or Cashiers from Thermal Paper

24.08.2011

Information regarding the current article in the Greenpeace magazine dated 08.16.2011

The speculations made in the article regarding possible dangers to humans from cash register receipts are not new and cause unnecessary concern to consumers. Whereas up to now the focus has always been on Bisphenol A (BPA), Bisphenol S has recently also become the subject of speculation.

Independently of each other, various authorities and scientific institutions have researched intensively into the safety of thermal paper.

The most recent study – conducted in June 2011 by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency – dealt thoroughly with questions concerning possible health risks resulting from the BPA in thermal receipts. This study reaffirms the fact that cashier receipts represent no risk whatsoever to customers or cashiers. Nor was any risk found for pregnant women, even assuming additional absorption of BPA from other sources.

Press release: Danish Ministry of the Environment
Study: Danish Ministry of the Environment

For further information, please see:
World Health Organization
Thermal Paper Facts
ETPA Statement
Environmental Health Research Foundation / Update BPA
Environmental Health Research Foundation / Review
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung

If you have any further questions, please contact:

Dirk Keller
Director Product Safety & Environmental Affairs

Phone: +49 7802 81-4625
Fax:      +49 7802 81-5625
dirk.keller@koehlerpaper.com