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		heeton 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Printercow – Turn any thermal printer int... My comment was that BPA is not used in thermal paper as a plasticizer, which that linked study was examining.

kube-system 8 months ago [–]

Yes, it's a used as a developer, but as is common in many cases when replacing chemicals with other chemicals -- similar chemicals have similar properties. And in fact, some BPA-free thermal paper use BPS for example.

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