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ReviewRSC advances2024

Bisphenol A (BPA) toxicity assessment and insights into current remediation strategies.

Joshua O Ighalo, Setyo Budi Kurniawan, Banlambhabok Khongthaw, Junaidah Buhari, P K Chauhan, Jordana Georgin, Dison Stracke Pfingsten Franco

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Review in RSC advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Evaluation of Cat Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) Using Hair Sample Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Joshua O IghaloDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University P. M. B. 5025 Awka Nigeria jo.ighalo@unizik.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8709-100X
Setyo Budi KurniawanDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi 43600 Selangor Malaysia.
Banlambhabok KhongthawFaculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University Solan Himachal Pradesh 173229 India.
Junaidah BuhariDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi 43600 Selangor Malaysia.
P K ChauhanFaculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University Solan Himachal Pradesh 173229 India.
Jordana GeorginDepartment of Civil and Environmental, Universidad de la Costa, CUC Calle 58 # 55-66 Barranquilla Atlántico Colombia francodison@gmail.com.
Dison Stracke Pfingsten FrancoDepartment of Civil and Environmental, Universidad de la Costa, CUC Calle 58 # 55-66 Barranquilla Atlántico Colombia francodison@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bisphenol A (BPA) raises concerns among the scientific community as it is one of the most widely used compounds in industrial processes and a component of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. In this review, we discuss the mechanism of BPA toxicity in food-grade plastics. Owing to its proliferation in the aqueous environment, we delved into the performance of various biological, physical, and chemical techniques for its remediation. Detailed mechanistic insights into these removal processes are provided. The toxic effects of BPA unravel as changes at the cellular level in the brain, which can result in learning difficulties, increased aggressiveness, hyperactivity, endocrine disorders, reduced fertility, and increased risk of dependence on illicit substances. Bacterial decomposition of BPA leads to new intermediates and products with lower toxicity. Processes such as membrane filtration, adsorption, coagulation, ozonation, and photocatalysis have also been shown to be efficient in aqueous-phase degradation. The breakdown mechanism of these processes is also discussed. The review demonstrates that high removal efficiency is usually achieved at the expense of high throughput. For the scalable application of BPA degradation technologies, removal efficiency needs to remain high at high throughput. We propose the need for process intensification using an integrated combination of these processes, which can solve multiple associated performance challenges.

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PMID39529868
PMCPMC11552486

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