BPA exposure causes early onset puberty in rats - EHN
![](https://www.ehn.org/media-library/plastic-bottle-caps-which-commonly-contain-bpa.jpg?id=22879547&width=980)
According to a recent study in Reproductive Toxicology, female rats exposed to low doses of bisphenol A (BPA) in the womb and during infancy undergo puberty at a younger age.
According to a recent study in Reproductive Toxicology, female rats exposed to low doses of bisphenol A (BPA) in the womb and during infancy undergo puberty at a younger age.
In short: BPA, a chemical commonly used in plastics, is known to have a wide range of negative health impacts, including imp
![](https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/712261/fnins-15-712261-HTML-r1/image_m/fnins-15-712261-g001.jpg)
Frontiers Perinatal Exposure of Bisphenol A Differently Affects Dendritic Spines of Male and Female Grown-Up Adult Hippocampal Neurons
![](https://media.springernature.com/m685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1186%2Fs12958-019-0558-8/MediaObjects/12958_2019_558_Fig1_HTML.png)
Bisphenol A: an emerging threat to female fertility, Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
![](https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/cms/10.1289/EHP5570/asset/fc330539-29cc-43f4-a64e-2f8f49dda61d/assets/images/large/ehp5570_f6.jpg)
Environmentally Relevant Perinatal Exposures to Bisphenol A Disrupt Postnatal Kiss1/NKB Neuronal Maturation and Puberty Onset in Female Mice, Environmental Health Perspectives
![](https://www.mdpi.com/toxics/toxics-11-00905/article_deploy/html/images/toxics-11-00905-g004-550.jpg)
Toxics, Free Full-Text
![](https://mednexus.org/cms/asset/50607490-90d9-4fdd-8725-72584870a1eb/cm9.0000000000002170.png)
Effects of bisphenol A and bisphenol analogs on the nervous system
![](https://www.mdpi.com/toxics/toxics-10-00513/article_deploy/html/images/toxics-10-00513-g003.png)
Toxics, Free Full-Text
![](https://www.ehn.org/media-library/plastic-bottle-caps-which-commonly-contain-bpa.jpg?id=22879547&width=980)
BPA exposure causes early onset puberty in rats - EHN
![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/03/20/67016307-0-image-a-18_1675456330446.jpg)
America's premature puberty phenomenon explained: Girls are starting transition as young as SIX
![](https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/428555/fendo-10-00030-HTML/image_m/fendo-10-00030-t001.jpg)
Frontiers The Case for BPA as an Obesogen: Contributors to the Controversy
![](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221883018/figure/fig2/AS:202617209790476@1425319115419/Effects-of-bisphenol-A-BPA-on-the-onset-of-vaginal-opening-in-female-mice-A-Vaginal.png)
Effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the onset of vaginal opening in female
![](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49820040/figure/fig5/AS:294110860328965@1447132901845/Basal-levels-of-LH-T-and-E2-in-BPA-rats-Bar-graph-shows-mean-basal-levels-SEM-n.png)
Basal levels of LH, T, and E2 in BPA-rats. Bar graph shows mean basal