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Comment by NewJazz

2 days ago

There was a study in Korea that showed it transfers into the body for folks like cashiers who handle them all day (gloves help prevent transfer). Besides lowering testosterone in men, these endocrine disruptors can have lots of other negative side effects.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20180524/the...

There are receipt paper options that don't have these compounds, but they are uncommon.