A recent study published in Toxicology found that mice exposed to high levels of BPA showed impaired learning, impaired memory, and a blunted response to nicotine. To read an article in response to the study, go here.
My wife has recently been hard at work on an article summarizing the toxic effects and widespread prevalence of BPA within many items of modern day American life, so I've had BPA on the brain (hopefully not literally). BPA isn't just in your old Nalgene bottle. We've actually been scared off to the point that we're planning to no longer eat canned foods.
With the relatively recent expanded use of polycarbonates, other plastics, and a host of other environmental toxins that we use every day without knowing about it, it seems to me that there is potentially a strong link between them and neurodevelopmental disorders in humans. Certainly, the evidence from animal studies suggests a stronger association than, say vaccines.
