Appleton is BPA-Free
Appleton, the nation's largest manufacturer of thermal paper - the type often used in cash register and credit card receipts, as well as entertainment and transportation tickets; lottery and gaming tickets, and tags for airline baggage and retail applications, does not use the controversial ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) in any of its products.
This reminder of a readily available, cost-effective and BPA-free alternative comes on the heels of an independent report issued by Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and Washington Toxics Coalition, which found high levels of BPA in 50 percent of thermal paper receipts sampled from major U.S. businesses and services in 20 states and Washington, D.C.
Appleton dropped BPA from its thermal paper formulation in 2006 out of growing concerns about the safety of the chemical. Appleton currently supplies approximately half of the thermal receipt paper used in the North American market.
"The findings of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and Washington Toxics Coalitions, as well as a similar report issued by the Environmental Working Group in July, highlight the growing concerns over the safety of BPA. The findings support the toxicology reports and available studies that prompted us to remove BPA from our thermal paper four years ago," said Kent Willetts, Appleton's vice president of strategic development. "Removing BPA was consistent with our commitment to product safety and was simply the responsible thing to do."