Plastics Compound BPS Alters Mouse Moms’ Behavior and Brain Regions

In the first study of its kind, environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg, CPHM and School of Public Health and Health Sciences, and neuroscientist Mary Catanese examined the effects of the compound bisphenol S (BPS) on maternal behavior and related brain regions in mice. They found subtle but striking behavior changes in nesting mothers exposed during pregnancy and lactation and in their daughters exposed in utero.