You probably handle receipts every day. Most of them probably end up in the trash can, but the chemicals found in their paper could stay with you longer. Along with our sister stations in Cox Media ...

Rule protects cashiers, shoppers, families from hormone-disrupting chemicals; New data show many major retailers have already ...

A month’s long investigation by 9 Investigates is revealing potentially toxic chemicals in the receipts we all handle just about every day. The paper is banned in some parts of the world and is slowly ...

Every "health conscious" person interprets the phrase a little differently. For some, monitoring their health could simply involve maintaining a good diet ...

Reporting from Sacramento — Those glossy paper receipts that are often trashed before a shopper even leaves a store could become a relic of the past under a bill that cleared its first hurdle in the ...

EPFL researchers have developed formulations for the kind of paper used in cash receipts or shipping tags using wood-based chemicals that reduces reliance on toxic bisphenols while keeping print ...

Kudos to San Francisco Assemblyman Phil Ting for introducing Assembly Bill 161, legislation that would require businesses to switch to electronic receipts. Customers would still be able to request a ...

Lawmakers in New York City are considering a ban on paper receipts coated with the chemical BPA. They’re also considering a requirement that retailers offer emailed receipts instead of paper ones. The ...