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Low-dose exposure to bisphenol A and replacement bisphenol S induces precocious hypothalamic neurogenesis in embryonic zebrafish [1]

Here we demonstrate that bisphenol A (BPA) exposure during a time point analogous to the second trimester in humans has real and measurable effects on brain development and behavior. Furthermore, our study is the first, to our knowledge, to show that bisphenol S, a replacement used in BPA-free products, equally affects neurodevelopment. These findings suggest that BPA-free products are not necessarily safe and support a societal push to remove all structurally similar bisphenol analogues and other compounds with endocrine-disruptive activity from consumer goods. Our data here, combined with over a dozen physiological and behavioral human studies that begin to point to the prenatal period as a BPA window of vulnerability, suggest that pregnant mothers limit exposure to plastics and receipts.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2015
Cassandra D. Kinch [2], Kingsley Ibhazehiebo [3], Joo-Hyun Jeong & et al [4]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [5]
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Toxins [6], Health Effects [7], Plastics [8], Research [9], Neurology [10], Maternal Health [11]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/cassandra-d-kinch
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kingsley-ibhazehiebo
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maternal-health