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heeton01/22/20251 replyview on HN

My comment was that BPA is not used in thermal paper as a plasticizer, which that linked study was examining.


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kube-system01/22/2025

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.