Plastics chemical retards growth, function of adult reproductive cells

Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 08:49 in Biology & Nature

Bisphenol A, a chemical widely used in plastics and known to cause reproductive problems in the offspring of pregnant mice exposed to it, also has been found to retard the growth of follicles of adult mice and hinder their production of steroid hormones, researchers report...

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