0 0 ▁patients , ▁which ▁confirmed ▁that ▁Bis phen ol ▁A ▁acceler ates ▁the ▁pro gression ▁of ▁heart ▁disease ▁by ▁ten ▁years . ▁Gall ow ay ' s ▁work ▁on ▁Bis phen ol ▁A ▁was ▁covered ▁in ▁The ▁N aked ▁Scient ists , ▁Chem istry ▁World ▁and ▁in ▁USA ▁Today . ▁ ▁Gall ow ay ▁is ▁an ▁expert ▁in ▁micro pl ast ics . ▁Gall ow ay ▁predicted ▁that ▁micro pl ast ics ▁would ▁have ▁an ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁marine ▁food ▁chain . ▁She ▁has ▁primarily ▁looked ▁at ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁micro - ▁and ▁n ano - pl ast ics , ▁finding ▁that ▁they ▁can ▁stop ▁animals ▁from ▁feed ing ▁on ▁their ▁natural ▁pre y . ▁Gall ow ay ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁this ▁likely ▁impact s ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁food ▁chain , ▁estim ating ▁that ▁shell fish ▁consum ed ▁by ▁humans ▁contained ▁around ▁ 5 0 ▁particles ▁of ▁pl astic . ▁She ▁found ▁that ▁one ▁show er ▁could ▁result ▁in ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁micro be ads ▁ending ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁ocean . ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁law ▁that ▁b ans ▁micro be ads , ▁which ▁protect s ▁the ▁environment ▁from ▁several ▁thousand ▁t onnes ▁of ▁micro be ads ▁every ▁year . ▁So ▁far , ▁she ▁has ▁found ▁micro pl ast ics ▁in ▁every ▁se aw ater ▁sample ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁anal ys ed . ▁ ▁Gall ow ay ▁provided ▁evidence ▁to ▁a ▁cross - party ▁committee ▁on ▁the ▁environment . ▁Her