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SIU researcher to study effects of BPA found in consumer products Written by Lauren Murphy • Photography by Jason Johnson Aspects Volume 38 No. 1 Could your water bottle cause infertility? That’s what Joe Kurian, PhD , research assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology hopes to discover with the help of a three-year, $746,724 grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nearly six billion pounds of bisphenol A (BPA), a compound found in everything from plastic water bottles and food storage containers to thermal paper receipts and baby bottles, is produced globally each

SIU researcher to study effects of BPA found in consumer products Written by Lauren Murphy • Photography by Jason Johnson Aspects Volume 38 No. 1 Could your water bottle cause infertility? That’s what Joe Kurian, PhD , research assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology hopes to discover with the help of a three-year, $746,724 grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nearly six billion pounds of bisphenol A (BPA), a compound found in everything from plastic water bottles and food storage containers to thermal paper receipts and baby bottles, is produced globally each