在日常生活中,无论我们去超市购物,或是去提款机取钱,我们几乎每天都会接触到小票,然而,科学家称,这些小票中所含的有害物质可能会致病,例如糖尿病,肥胖甚至癌症.

The Independent: scientists claim chemicals used to make till receipts could raise the risk of developing harmful diseases such as diabetes, obesity and even cancer.

Alarming research suggests that a substance used to produce paper in store tills, credit card machines and ATMs could be absorbed into the blood stream.

Researchers say the chemical bisphenol-A - widely known as BPA - can disrupt hormones, raising the risk of a wide number of health problems.