Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A and phthalates and infant neurobehavior

Case Report: High Prenatal Bisphenol A Exposure and Infant Neonatal Neurobehavior

CONTEXT Most of the U.S. population is exposed to the high-production-volume chemical bisphenol A (BPA), but targetable sources of exposure remain to be determined. Animal studies and one human study suggest that BPA is a neurotoxicant. CASE PRESENTATION A mother in the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a prospective birth cohort examining prenatal and postnatal en...

Bisphenol A and Infant Neonatal Neurobehavior

Bisphenol A and Infant Neonatal Neurobehavior: Sathyanarayana et al. Respond

Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates

The purpose of this review of literature is to examine the association of phthalate exposure with development. Phthalates are chemical compounds used in poly-vinyl chloride, PVC; vinyl flooring, cosmetics, shampoo, air fresheners, soft plastic items, intravenous tubing, food packaging and wraps, textiles, paints, cleaning products and detergents. The effects of phthalates on fetuses, newborns, ...

Parental urinary biomarkers of preconception exposure to bisphenol A and phthalates in relation to birth outcomes

BACKGROUND Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates are ubiquitous non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals whose relation with infant birth size is not clearly understood. METHODS We examined associations between maternal and paternal preconception urinary concentrations of total BPA and 14 phthalate metabolites and birth size for 233 infants. Multiple linear regression models were used to esti...