Design and implementation of an imprinted material for the extraction of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A from milk.

•An imprinted polymer for bisphenol A was designed with hydroquinone as template.•MIP-SPE method for bisphenol A in milk was developed and validated.•Testing milk samples, bisphenol A was identified in one at a level of 176μgkg−1.•BPA self-association effects were examined with crystallography.•Pre-polymerization interactions were studied using molecular dynamics simulations.