Why did it make sense that the bisphenol A (BPA) leaching from the corroded plastic in Hunt's experiment could have affected the chromosomes of the mouse egg cells?

Question

A. BPA was equally effective as other substitutes for hormone replacement therapy for women needing estrogen.
B. BPA had been utilized as a hormone replacement therapy in the 1930s for women who needed estrogen.
C. Bisphenol A (BPA) is another name for the hormone estrogen.
D. BPA, once locked in plastic, stays inside of those plastic products.

Answer 1

B. BPA had been utilized as a hormone replacement therapy in the 1930s for women who needed estrogen.

This option suggests that BPA has hormonal effects similar to estrogen, so it could potentially affect the chromosomes of the mouse egg cells in a similar way.