. ▁ ▁Research ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁Gall ow ay ' s ▁research ▁cons iders ▁the ▁bi ological ▁impact ▁of ▁environmental ▁change ▁on ▁human ▁populations . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Gall ow ay ▁has ▁worked ▁with ▁Richard ▁Thompson ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁P ly mouth ▁on ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁pl ast ics ▁in ▁the ▁environment . ▁T ogether ▁they ▁worked ▁to ▁quant ify ▁the ▁cont am ination ▁of ▁micro pl ast ics . ▁ ▁She ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁impact s ▁of ▁pl ast ics ▁on ▁health ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ex eter ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Here ▁she ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ex eter ▁Medical ▁School ▁on ▁Bis phen ol ▁A , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁comp ound ▁that ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁food ▁and ▁drink ▁pack aging . ▁She ▁used ▁the ▁National ▁Health ▁and ▁N ut r ition ▁Ex am ination ▁Survey ▁( N H AN ES ), ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁collect ▁information ▁on ▁ur inary ▁B PA ▁concentr ations . ▁Gall ow ay ▁identified ▁that ▁Bis phen ol ▁A , ▁which ▁is ▁detect able ▁in ▁ 9 0 % ▁of ▁adult s , ▁can ▁cause ▁increased ▁risk ▁of ▁heart ▁disease , ▁di ab etes ▁and ▁li ver ▁disease . ▁She ▁continued ▁to ▁investigate ▁Bis phen ol ▁A , ▁demonstr ating ▁that ▁ur inary ▁concentr ations ▁are ▁independently ▁associated ▁with ▁card i ov asc ular ▁disease . ▁She ▁conducted ▁a ▁study ▁with ▁the ▁British ▁Heart ▁Foundation ▁that ▁involved ▁over ▁ 1 , 6