date:Jun 28, 2012
The study, accepted for publication in the journalEndocrinology,found low doses of BPA, which is a endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC),had immediate and long-lasting trans-generational effects on the brain and social behaviours of 250 mice over a period of two years.
The changes in genes were most dramatic in the first generation (the offspring of the mice that were exposed to BPA in utero), but some of these gene changes persisted into the fourth generation.
Prenatal exposure to BPA in mice