BPA, a chemical used to print receipts and to keep plastic pliable, appears to disrupt fetal brain development even at very low levels, according to a new study conducted on Zebrafish.

Study: The effects of prenatal bisphenol A exposure on brain volume of children and young mice. Image Credit: Connect world / Shutterstock.com. Background. BPA is a synthetic chemical that is ...

Prenatal exposure to BPA at low levels can affect gene expression in developing rat brain Date: October 31, 2017 Source: North Carolina State University ...

BPA exposure of the placenta could affect fetal brain development. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 01 / 220112145059.htm ...

Study suggests link between BPA in food containers and problems in 3-year-olds. Oct. 24, 2011— -- A new study in this week's Pediatrics medical journal suggests that prenatal exposure to ...

BPA can disrupt hormone controlled male fetal brain development in several ways, including silencing a key enzyme, aromatase, that controls neurohormones and is especially important in fetal male ...

Study: Male autism spectrum disorder is linked to brain aromatase disruption by prenatal BPA in multimodal investigations and 10-HDA ameliorates the related mouse phenotype.Image Credit: Ivan Marc ...

Study: Male autism spectrum disorder is linked to brain aromatase disruption by prenatal BPA in multimodal investigations and 10-HDA ameliorates the related mouse phenotype.Image Credit: Ivan Marc ...

Studies have shown that exposure to bisphenols, of which BPA is one, can disrupt brain aromatase function. “BPA can disrupt hormone-controlled male fetal brain development in several ways ...

“BPA can disrupt hormone controlled male fetal brain development in several ways, including silencing a key enzyme, aromatase, that controls neurohormones and is especially important in fetal ...

In regression analyses, boys with low aromatase activity and high prenatal BPA exposure (top quartile > 2.18 µg/L) were 3.5 times more likely to have autism symptoms at age 2 years (odds ratio ...

BPA and ‘BPA-free’ alternative linked to fetal brain changes Fetal exposure to Bisphenol A, as well as to the widely marketed alternative Bisphenol S, may cause 'real and measurable' changes ...