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Tell Canada's grocery giants to protect workers and ditch toxic receipts

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Canadian grocers urged to ban receipts containing cancer-linked chemicals - CTV News (August 20, 2019)

Health groups push for Canadian retailers to remove chemical-coated receipt paper - Global News (August 21, 2019)

Labour, environmental groups call on grocers to eliminate toxic receipts - Canadian Occupational Safety (August 22, 2019)

Every day, cashiers across Canada are exposed to high levels of hormone-disrupting bisphenols (like BPA and BPS) from receipts. Canada’s leading grocery retailers – Metro, Sobeys, and Walmart – need to protect their cashiers and customers by getting rid of these toxic receipts.

Exposure to bisphenols is increasingly linked to health conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, reproductive health problems, obesity, and hormone-related cancers such as breast and prostate cancer.

Everyone deserves a safe and healthy work environment. That’s why we, alongside Environmental Defence Canada, Breast Cancer Action Quebec, and Mind the Store, urge these companies to take immediate action. Toxic bisphenols are no longer needed on receipts because safer alternatives, such as bisphenol-free receipts, are readily available.

Tell Metro, Sobeys, and Walmart to protect their cashiers and customers by getting rid of receipts coated with hormone disrupting bisphenols today.

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