A medical expert not involved with the study said more information is needed.
"Clearly, this study found more exposure but the question is what does that mean," said Dr. David Mendez, a neonatologist with Miami Children's Hospital in Florida. "We just don't know enough right now.
"If we find that BPA is a real player in the long-term health outcomes of babies, we can come up with safer ways to deliver nutrition, to deliver our oxygen," he added.
For now, study author Duty said, "the first priority must be to provide the medical care needed to help these infants survive their premature birth."
More information
The U.S. National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences has more on BPA.
SOURCES: Susan Duty, Sc.D., associate professor of nursing, Simmons School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Boston; Sharon Wilkerson, Ph.D., R.N., dean, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing, Bryan, Texas; David Mendez, M.D., neonatologist, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Fla.; American Chemistry Council, news release, Feb. 18, 2013; March 2013 Pediatrics
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