‘Study’: BPA hurts babies; Oops, sample size=1

In a new “study” published in the perpetual junk science machine known as Environmental Health Perpsectives, researchers blame bisphenol A (BPA) for causing neonatal neurobehaviorial abnormalities — based on the case of a single child. Here’s the researchers’ rationale: the child’s mother reportedly had relatively urinary levels of BPA and the baby had developmental issues — so BPA is to blame. QJED. It’s none of the myriad developmental factors that the researchers didn’t consider — it’s BPA… it’s appalling. Notably, one of the study authors is Bruce Lanphear. JunkScience fans will remember Lanphear as a peddler of lead hysteria.