Bisphenol A (BPA) has seemingly taken over. BPA has been found
in canned food products. It’s lurking in dental fillings and
baby dishes and toys. BPA has even been found in receipts. And
now, even the simple act of purchasing BPA-free products has
become cause for concern, because that paper money you’re using
to buy said BPA-free products, well, that may contain BPA too.
As a new study reports, paper currency from countries all around
the world, including the United States, is the most recent
culprit of BPA exposure. The study, published in Environmental
Science & Technology (ES&T) shows that paper currency collected
from several different countries, including the United States,
Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, Turkey, Australia, Brazil,
Egypt, South Africa, China, India, Japan, Korea, Kuwait,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the
United Arab Emirates contain varying levels of BPA. In some
cases, paper money contained almost no BPA, but in other cases
BPA levels were extremely high (