Are chemicals in our environment
masculinizing girls and feminizing boys? A growing body of scientific
evidence suggests that this is the case, and one of the latest studies
has linked exposure to a substance known as bisphenol A, or BPA, with
aggressive behavior in girls.
Liz Szabo reports on the research in USA Today, writing,
“In the study of 249 pregnant women, the first to examine the effects
of BPA on children's behavior, researchers found that girls … were
more likely to be aggressive if their mothers had high levels of BPA —
an estrogen-like chemical used in many consumer products — early in
pregnancy.”
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