Urinary, Circulating, and Tissue Biomonitoring Studies Indicate Widespread Exposure to Bisphenol A

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 118; no. 8; pp. 1055 - 1070
• Main Authors: Vandenberg, Laura N., Chahoud, Ibrahim, Heindel, Jerrold J., Padmanabhan, Vasantha, Paumgartten, Francisco J.R., Schoenfelder, Gilbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Research Triangle Park, NC National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.08.2010; US Department of Health and Human Services
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Benzhydryl Compounds; Biological and medical sciences; Biological monitoring; Biomonitoring; Bisphenol A; Bisphenols; Blood; Business publications audits; Chemical hazards; Child; Children; Dosage; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental health; Environmental Monitoring; Exposure; Female; Health; Health aspects; Health risks; Human; Humans; Kinetics; Male; Medical sciences; Milk, Human - chemistry; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Phenols - analysis; Phenols - blood; Phenols - chemistry; Phenols - urine; Pregnancy; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Review; Reviews; Risk Assessment; Saliva; Toxicology; Urine; United States; Human; Urine; risk assessment; PBPK/PBTK model; Risk; Exposure; Endocrine disruptor; human exposure; Biological monitoring; Pregnancy; Toxicokinetics; Bisphenol A; Tissue; Compartmental model; Health and environment; Risk factor; Female; Woman

Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) is one of the highest-volume chemicals produced worldwide, and human exposure to BPA is thought to be ubiquitous. Thus, there are concerns that the amount of BPA to which humans are exposed may cause adverse health effects. Importantly, results from a large number of bi...