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A new study conducted by a team of researchers, including Bruce Lanphear from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada, found that daughters born to women who had higher bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations in their urine during pregnancy were more likely to have aggressive and hyperactive behaviours than those born to women who had lower BPA concentrations.

Bisphenol A is primarily used to make polycarbonate plastic (recycling # 7) food and beverage containers, plastic food wrap, some dental sealants, and the epoxy resins that are used to line some metal cans for foods, such as cans of soup.

The study supports laboratory studies showing the offspring of female mice with high BPA exposure during pregnancy to be more aggressive. It also further supports Environmental Defence’s position that Canada needs to ban BPA beyond baby bottles so as to reduce the exposure of pregnant women.

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View the study in October 6th’s journal of Environmental Health Perspectives.

Read SFU’s press release about the study.