Lawsuit filed against California stores alleges receipt paper had toxic chemical

Hundreds of California businesses are being sued by a group that alleges the retailers and restaurants put consumers in harm’s way by having a toxic chemical in their receipt paper.

The lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court by Environmental Health Advocates alleges the defendants “knew or should have known the Products contained BPS” and that their actions “were deliberate and not accidental.”

BPS is a chemical and acts as almost an invisible ink used to make words show up on thermal receipt paper…

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