Center for Environmental Health

So a few months ago, before Gavin Newsom even signed AB 1604, there was already, has been a major shift away from bisphenols in receipt paper specifically.

So earlier this year, if you've read the chemical watch news and insight website you may have read this story if you're in the thermal paper area more than 160 retailers manufacturers and receipt paper distributors agreed to stop using receipt paper containing bps or other intentionally added phenols to settle these prop 65 claims that were brought about by the environmental group the center for environmental health uh commonly known as ceh But the bigger development here is that there was also a separate settlement between CEH and Domtar.

Domtar is a company I believe based in or at least has a big manufacturing plant in South Carolina where there's a lot of paper production.

They are a major thermal paper manufacturer who supply receipt paper to California and a great deal of the rest of the US market.

They're a big player in this space.

And under the settlement with CEH, Domtar has agreed now to offer only phenol-free thermal paper in California from now on.

And they told us, I asked Domtar about this, and they told us that they expected to transition to phenol-free paper, receipt paper nationwide by the end of the year.

So By the time AB 1604 arrived on the governor's desk in California, it sounds like a large part of the receipt paper supply chain already appeared to be moving away from bisphenols anyways.

[laughs] How about that? So that's really cool, isn't it? So now for those women who are having trouble with sleep between 35 and 60, something that can help you.

And finally, from the Center for Environmental Health, published in The Conversation, 90% of store receipts, what they give you when you leave, "Do you want your receipt?" Contains harmful chemicals linked to cancer, autism, and obesity.

Whoa, brand-new information.

Here's what it says: "Approximately 90% of store receipts contain toxic biphenyl chemicals, including BPA and BPS, which are endocrine disruptors linked to serious health problems.