Alternative to BPA in plastic disrupts reproductive system

29 February 2016

Companies advertise BPA-free plastic as a safer version of products. Many manufacturers stopped used bisphenol A after studies linked it to early puberty and a rise in breast and prostate cancers. New UCLA-led research demonstrates some of the mechanisms that make BPS, a common replacement for BPA in plastics, just as harmful as BPA. It speeds up embryonic development and disrupts the reproductive system in animals.
Reported in the Feb. 1 edition of the journal Endocrinology, the study is the first to examine the effects of BPA and BPS on brain cells and genes that control the growth and function of organs involved in reproduction (UCLA Newsroom, 1 February 2016).
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