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by smokeydoe 186 days ago
Looks really cool, but unfortunately I can not use it because thermal printing paper is coated with endocrine-disrupting chemicals like Bisphenol-A (BPA) or its substitute, Bisphenol-S (BPS), which can be absorbed through skin contact, potentially leading to metabolic, reproductive, or cancerous issues. It’s basically a very fine plastic dust. Though risk depends on exposure duration and amount, it’s not something I would feel comfortable with kids.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5453537/
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gingericha 186 days ago
The site claims to have BPA and BPS free printing paper
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turkeyboi 186 days ago
Page claims “No-BPA and no-BPS printing paper”
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loloquwowndueo 186 days ago
Did you miss the part where they explicitly said they did “ sourcing safe BPA/BPS free thermal paper” ?
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dingnuts 186 days ago
I can't find the CPC certificate for this product. Children's toys are heavily regulated in the US and based on the thermal paper, the lack of display of their authorization to sell, the fly by night nature of a drop shipping website like this ...

I don't think this is a legal product to market towards children in the US

and that's without even mentioning the LLM usage

real glad my nibblings all got real art supplies when they were little. that fosters real creativity and the lot of them can draw better than any of the examples on the sales page, and they're still little kids. and there's no subscription, no EULA, their supplies are legal and safe to use, etc.

This product is actual trash

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