BPA May Affect Brain Development

The public debate over Bisphenol A (BPA) continues as a new study suggests that it may affect brain development in ways that can last down several generations.

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine gave female mice food with or without BPA before mating and throughout gestation, according to Medical News Today. They made sure that the plasma levels of BPA in the mice were in a similar range to those of humans. They found that the offspring of the mice who ingested BPA had less social interactions compared to offspring of the mice that were not exposed to BPA.

They also found that gene changes were the most significant in the offspring of the mice that were exposed to BPA before they were born. Furthermore, researchers found that some of the changes in genes persisted into the fourth generation, according to Medical News Today.

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