TOX/2025/47 Annex A
Literature search on the reproductive toxicity, immunotoxicity, pathology and histopathology of BPA
TOX/2025/47
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A literature search was performed from January 2022 until June 2024 using the following search terms:
(Bisphenol A OR BPA) AND (reproduct* OR immunotox* OR patholog* OR histopatholog* OR Th17).
The search returned 761 articles, of which 3 were duplicates. After manual filtering (titles and abstracts) 101 articles remained:
- Broader BPA studies (4),
- Immune effects of BPA (10),
- Reproductive effects of BPA (70),
- Pathology/histopathology (8),
- Other toxic effects (9).