BPA makes plastic hard and shatterproof. The chemical is used to line cans and is found in water bottles and baby bottles, as well as consumer products like CDs.
The final report by the Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program does not say BPA should be banned.
"More research is clearly needed to understand exactly how these findings relate to human health and development, but at this point we can't dismiss the possibility that the effects we're seeing in animals may occur in humans," said Michael Shelby, director of the department's Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, which conducted the review.
"If parents are concerned, they can make the personal choice to reduce exposures of their infants and children to BPA," he added in a release.
Earlier this month, scientists with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the trace amounts of bisphenol A that leach out of food containers are not a threat to infants or adults.
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