When you go to CVS and get a receipt that’s three miles long, it turns out they just handed you three miles of POISON.

According to a new study by an environmental nonprofit out of Michigan called The Ecology Center, STORE RECEIPTS could be making you sick.  REALLY sick.

They tested a bunch of receipts at grocery stores, restaurants, and major retail chains, and they found that because of the thermal printers the stores use, 93% of their receipts tested positive for the chemicals BPA or BPS.

Those chemicals have been linked to negative effects on your hormones and your metabolism . . . and they’ve even been linked to things like infertility and autism.

And, according to The Ecology Center, 90% of our exposure to those chemicals comes from receipts.

So what should you do?  Obviously try NOT to handle receipts . . . but if you do, wash your hands before you eat.  And if you work in a store where you’re touching receipts all day long, think about wearing gloves.

(MarketWatch) (The Complete Sheet)

If your deodorant doesn’t get you through the day, your DIET might be to blame.  Here are six foods that can make you stink . . .

1.  Red meat.  It’s hard to digest and leaves residue behind in your digestive tract, which mixes with bacteria and comes out in your sweat.  A study in 2006 found women were more attracted to guys who were vegetarians, because their sweat smelled better.

2.  Alcohol.  Most of it gets metabolized by your liver.  But a tiny amount comes out in your sweat.  So you end up smelling like a stale beer.

3.  Fish can make SOME people smell bad.  There’s a metabolic disorder called “fish odor syndrome” where it makes your sweat smell fishy.  It’s rare though, and you’d probably know if you had it.

4.  Broccoli and asparagus because they both have a lot of sulfur.  They’re good for you though, so don’t stop eating them.  If they make you smell bad, try cooking them in boiling water instead of steaming them.  That should eliminate most of the smell.

5.  Garlic.  It has another sulfuric compound called allicin.  (Pronounced like the name Alison.)  It’s not necessarily a bad smell though.  A few studies have found that some people are actually turned on by it.

6.  Coffee.  It might not make you smell worse on its own.  But stimulants like caffeine make you sweat more.  So you could end up sweating out more of those OTHER odors we just talked about.

(The Complete Sheet)