Author Interviews, Toxin Research / 25.11.2013
Bisphenol A: Lose Dose Effects
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Laura N. Vandenberg, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts – Amherst School of Public Health,
Division of Environmental Health Science
Amherst, MA 01003
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Vandenberg: Back in 2007, a group of 38 researchers wrote the Chapel Hill consensus statement about BPA (vom Saal et al. Reproductive Toxicology 2007). We also wrote 5 separate review articles summarizing what was known at the time about
- 1) BPA and cancer;
- 2) BPA and its effects on wildlife animals and in environmental matrices (air, water, soil, etc.);
- 3) BPA and molecular mechanisms in cultured cells;
- 4) BPA levels in humans and their exposure sources;
- 5) BPA’s effects on laboratory animals. Several of these groups analyzed what effects BPA has at “low doses”, i.e. at doses below those tested in traditional toxicology studies. (These are doses that are thought to be “safe” for animals and humans.) (more…)