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Published online 1 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030331-2
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Plastics spoil mouse eggs
Food-packaging compound affects reproductive cell division.
A chemical commonly found in plastic food containers harms growing mouse eggs, according to a new study1 - fuelling the debate over the additive's safety.
The compound is called bisphenol A (BPA).
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