Early Mammal Egg Development and Bisphenol A
Published: 16 January 2007
Category: Bisphenol A (BPA), Hormonal Changes, Packaging CONCERNS, Studies/Federal Regulations
This article in Chemical and Engineering News reports on the Patricia A. Hunt (a geneticist at Washington State University) scientific study that found that exposure to bisphenol A, or BPA, found in some plastics packaging and other plastics products, disrupts early egg development in mouse fetuses. This is reportedly the second study that links the monomer used to manufacture polycarbonate with chromosomal abnormalities in mouse eggs at exposure levels comparable with what humans receive today. According to the article, “human fetuses with similar aberrations are usually miscarried during the first trimester, but some are born with serious defects, such as Down’s syndrome … thus, when extrapolated to humans, these results suggest that BPA exposure during pregnancy has multigenerational consequences.”