Up to 90 per cent of receipts contain cancer-causing chemicals, experts have warned. Receipts which use ink that fade over time are made with 'thermal paper' which contains BPA (bisphenolA).

Appleton, the only producer of BPA-free thermal receipt paper in the U.S, announced this week that it has added special markings to its paper so that shoppers and cashiers can immediately see if ...

You might have noticed that many retailers are getting rid of ink printers and replacing them with faster, less expensive thermal ones. To print a thermal receipt, a heated stylus passes over thermal ...

A study surveying companies in the EU found that at least half of them are using thermal paper. The research is having an impact; some retailers have begun introducing receipts that are BPA and ...