epigenetics

One exposure. Twenty generations later, the damage is still unfolding.

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hands across generations

A single exposure to a toxic agricultural fungicide during pregnancy can echo through 20 generations — with inherited disease risks from kidney disease to infertility not fading, but worsening over time, according to groundbreaking study reports.

‘Safe’ BPA substitutes tied to fertility damage, fetal harm, and generational effects, review finds 

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Chemicals increasingly used to replace the controversial plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA) may disrupt fertility, fetal development, and reproductive health through many of the same biological mechanisms, according to a narrative review of human, animal and laboratory studies.