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The Way I See It...

Lots of debates going on this month after consumers were made aware of BPA not only in their bottled water, but also their cash receipts. Here‘s what the news tells us: “The levels that could be absorbed from receipts can be higher than those inadvertently eaten along with canned food and drinks or otherwise in contact with polycarbonate plastics. These plastics and can linings contain BPA, and it can leach out of these containers, even when they are used properly. Data suggests exposure from receipts could be seven times higher than levels ingested in the diet. This is because BPA is directly applied to receipt paper, and large amounts of the chemical can easily rub off.” This is how we react:  Let’s go to Starbucks, and make sure you hand me my receipt - huh? While Mad-Cow disease has been swept efficiently under the already bulging carpet with the nicely embroidered bald eagle on it,  cloned meats were being produced right under our very own snouts.  So uninformed and &qu