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Perinatal Exposure to Low Doses of Bisphenol A Affects Body Weight...

Publication Date:

July 1, 2001

Abstract:

Study reveals that ras are unusually sensitive to the effects of exposure to low levels of bisphenol A (commonly thought to be very weakly estrogenic) during pregnancy and that effects are measurable in their offspring. In other words, this study reveals that TIMING of exposure is critical.