Prenatal exposure to BPA might explain aggressive behavior in some 2-year-old girls

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 23:35 in Psychology & Sociology

Daughters of women exposed to a common chemical found in some plastics while they were pregnant are more likely to have unusually aggressive and hyperactive behaviors as 2-year-olds, according to a new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Cincinnati Children�s Hospital.

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