Handling of thermal receipts as a source of exposure to bisphenol A

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• Personal Author:
  Calafat, Antonia M. ; Ehrlich S ; Hauser R ; Humblet O ; Smith T
• Description:
  Human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been associated with adverse health outcomes, including reproductive function in adults and neurodevelopment in children exposed perinatally. Exposure to BPA is primarily through dietary ingestion, including consumption of canned foods.3 A less-studied source of exposure is thermal receipt paper, handled daily by many people at supermarkets, ATM machines, gas stations, and other settings.We hypothesized that handling of thermal receipts significantly increases BPA exposure, but use of gloves during handling minimizes exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Nervous System Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Phenol Safety Temperature Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Chemical-properties Exposure-assessment Exposure-methods Gloves Humans Neurophysiological-effects Phenols Protective-measures Reproductive-hazards Thermal-properties
• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Georgia ; Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  311
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043813
• Citation:
  JAMA 2014 Feb; 311(8):859-860
• Contact Point Address:
  Shelley Ehrlich, MD, ScD, MPH, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229
• Email:
  shelley.ehrlich@cchmc.org
• CAS Registry Number:
  2,2-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane (CAS RN 80-05-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:552414eeedead9d47d34ff42d9a566673395110d97a37090a620bc61947a57002b362db6859cd607671f4fe79bd32aa6509d6d6e96953292139cdbb8c22684a5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199702/cdc_199702_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 130.05 KB ]