Common bisphenol A replacements are reproductive toxicants

Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2018 Dec;14(12):691-692. doi: 10.1038/s41574-018-0113-2.

Abstract

Replacements for the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) have become commonplace in plastics labelled BPA free. However, many of these chemicals have similar structures and properties to BPA. A new study reports that replacement bisphenols, which were discovered as laboratory contaminants, are reproductive toxicants and that their effects might persist for multiple generations.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzhydryl Compounds*
  • Gametogenesis
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Phenols*
  • Reproduction

Substances

  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Phenols
  • bisphenol A