Study: BPA to health risks for those handling receipts for hours - The Republic

The alarm from an American research sull’anomala presence of bisphenol A in the urine of those who for reasons of work is in prolonged contact with the thermal paper receipts of purchase. Among the possible effects also reduced reproductive capacity

ROME – Handle all day receipts exposed to contact with a chemical, bisphenol A, which is the subject of research for a number of health risks. Now it has been found that in people who work to continually handle these receipts, the levels of BPA in urine are higher than those of their colleagues who wear gloves. This was revealed in a study published in ‘Jama’.

Spotlight receipts are printed on thermal paper: research has shown that just two hours of uninterrupted work without gloves go up to see the concentrations of this chemical. Exposure to bisphenol A has been associated with adverse health effects, including those on reproductive function in adults and neurological development in children who come into contact with this substance shortly before or shortly after birth.

“The exposure to BPA occurs mainly through diet, such as the consumption of canned foods. A source of exposure rather less studied is the thermal receipt paper, handled daily by many people in the supermarkets, but also at ATMs and service stations, “the researchers point out.

The team of Shelley Ehrlich, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati (USA), has conducted a study to examine the effect of the receipts in paper Thermal levels of BPA in the urine. The authors recruited 24 volunteers who provided samples before and after handling (with or without gloves) of receipt printed on thermal paper for a continuous period two hours. The BPA was detected in 83% (20) of the urine samples at baseline and in 100% of those who had received touched without gloves. In particular, researchers have observed an increase in urinary concentrations of BPA after two hours of work without gloves, which did not

occurred when the participants had used gloves.

The clinical implications of the peak level and chronic exposure are unknown, but may be particularly relevant to people with a history of occupational exposure as cashiers, managing revenue of 40 or more hours per week, the authors write. “And ‘need a larger study to confirm our findings and to evaluate the clinical implications.”

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