Some receipts are coated in ‘forever chemicals’. Here’s what that means

Some so-called ‘thermal’ till receipts contain bisphenols (including BPA and BPS) as a result of the way they’re printed. In the UK, BPA receipts are banned, but BPS receipts are not.

A 2023 estimate of US receipts suggested that 80 per cent contain BPAs.

Is that a problem? BPAs are commonly…