How chemical exposure early in life is ‘like a ticking time bomb’
Diet as an adult determined whether mouse pups exposed to BPA developed health problems
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NEWBORN REPROGRAMMING Newborn mice exposed to a chemical in plastics during the first five days of life can have very different health outcomes depending on their diets as adults.
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