US scientists say BPA is not a developmental neurotoxicant in laboratory rat study

Researchers in the USA have conducted a study on laboratory rats to assess the developmental neurotoxicity of dietary bisphenol A (BPA) exposure. The study, which followed OECD and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines, exposed female rats and their litters to various concentrations of BPA. The researchers reported no neurological effects and say there is no evidence that BPA is a developmental neurotoxicant in rats.

The American Chemistry Council issued a statement saying the study and another conducted by the EPA, which explored potential effects of BPA at very early stages of life in rodents (CW, 4 November 2009), address the areas of “some concern” highlighted by the National Toxicology Program (NTP).

• Toxicological Sciences abstract - neurotoxicological study
• ACC press statement
• Toxicological Sciences abstract - early life effects