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Hand Sanitizer: Kills Germs and Funnels BPA Into Your Skin

All kinds of receipts and tickets contain the potentially toxic compound, which sanitizer helps our bodies to absorb.
This is not BPA-free.Flickr/Derek Bridges

At the base of CityLab’s office building is one of the best Mediterranean lunch spots you’ll find. Next to the cash register sits a giant jug of hand sanitizer, which I use immoderately each time I pay. It is flu season, after all.

I say “thank you,” grab my receipt, and proceed to rip into my falafel. Nothing out of the ordinary.