BPA-exposed male deer mice are demasculinized and undesirable to females, new study finds

Monday, June 27, 2011 - 15:31 in Biology & Nature

The latest research shows that BPA causes male deer mice to become demasculinized and behave more like females in their spatial navigational abilities, leading scientists to conclude that exposure to BPA during human development could be damaging to behavioral and cognitive traits that are unique to each sex and important in reproduction.

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