http://greenlagirl.com/what-wal-mart-and-whole-foods-have-in-common-bpa-tainted-receipts/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Tue, 22 May 2012 01:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://greenlagirl.com/what-wal-mart-and-whole-foods-have-in-common-bpa-tainted-receipts/comment-page-1/#comment-556153 Siel Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:58:46 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=22849#comment-556153 Hey Marc -- The issue you bring up is one EWG talks about in its report -- and certainly a serious one for people who work these often low-wage jobs.... Hey Marc — The issue you bring up is one EWG talks about in its report — and certainly a serious one for people who work these often low-wage jobs….

]]> http://greenlagirl.com/what-wal-mart-and-whole-foods-have-in-common-bpa-tainted-receipts/comment-page-1/#comment-555772 Marc Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:07:44 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=22849#comment-555772 Exposure to BPA from tainted receipts would seem to be even higher for cashiers than for consumers. They hand hundreds of receipts per day to customers and don't have many chances to wash their hands (hopefully, for everyone's sake, they aren't putting their fingers in their mouths, touching their nose or rubbing their eyes during their shifts). I wonder if the unions in stores could be a force to remove BPA from receipts? Although Walmart and Whole Foods are famously non-unionized, the Post Office, Safeway and many other large chains have powerful unions that can help improve conditions for their members, and consequently for customers and workers at other stores. .-= Marc´s last blog ..<a href="http://marcsala.blogspot.com/2005/11/eucalyptus-in-east-bay-hills.html" rel="nofollow">Why Eucalyptus Trees Cover the East Bay Hills</a> =-. Exposure to BPA from tainted receipts would seem to be even higher for cashiers than for consumers. They hand hundreds of receipts per day to customers and don’t have many chances to wash their hands (hopefully, for everyone’s sake, they aren’t putting their fingers in their mouths, touching their nose or rubbing their eyes during their shifts). I wonder if the unions in stores could be a force to remove BPA from receipts? Although Walmart and Whole Foods are famously non-unionized, the Post Office, Safeway and many other large chains have powerful unions that can help improve conditions for their members, and consequently for customers and workers at other stores.
Marc´s last blog ..Why Eucalyptus Trees Cover the East Bay Hills

]]> http://greenlagirl.com/what-wal-mart-and-whole-foods-have-in-common-bpa-tainted-receipts/comment-page-1/#comment-555539 Siel Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:24:21 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=22849#comment-555539 According to EWG, it could make the BPA penetrate easier/deeper into your skin. According to EWG, it could make the BPA penetrate easier/deeper into your skin.

]]> http://greenlagirl.com/what-wal-mart-and-whole-foods-have-in-common-bpa-tainted-receipts/comment-page-1/#comment-555529 Peeved Michelle Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:06:10 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=22849#comment-555529 I don't understand why you wouldn't want to use an alchohol-based hand cleaner after handling a BPA receipt. .-= Peeved Michelle´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/thepeevery/~3/gNb7qCO_HiM/just-a-thought.html" rel="nofollow">Just a thought</a> =-. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want to use an alchohol-based hand cleaner after handling a BPA receipt.
Peeved Michelle´s last blog ..Just a thought

]]> http://greenlagirl.com/what-wal-mart-and-whole-foods-have-in-common-bpa-tainted-receipts/comment-page-1/#comment-555528 Carmen Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:04:10 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=22849#comment-555528 I ment BPA free. oops! I ment BPA free. oops!

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