Jodi Flaws, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Jodi Flaws, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Veterinary biosciences professor Jodi Flaws and her colleagues found that mouse follicle cells that were exposed to bisphenol A, a chemical found in many plastics, produced lower levels of steroid hormones than other cells.

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Photo by L. Brian Stauffer, U. of I. News Bureau.

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