High Levels Of BPA Linked To Low Birth Weight In Baby Girls, Study Finds.

reported that a new study found that “pregnant women with high levels of [bisphenol-A] BPA in their blood during their first trimester were more likely to have baby girls with low birth weights.” The study revealed that “for every doubling in free, or unconjugated, BPA in the mothers’ first-term blood, babies weighed, on average, 6.5 ounces less.” The findings were published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. HealthDay (9/26, Thompson) also covered the study. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bpa-linked-to-low-birth-weights-in-baby-girls/