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Philip Landrigan says common chemicals might be scrambling hormones’ signals

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Certain manmade chemicals – found in everyday objects – might be [---1---] our hormones. That’s according to pediatrician Philip Landrigan, director of the Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center. Dr. Landrigan said scientists start concerned about chemicals called phthalates, widely used to make plastic flexible, and found in baby toys and medical supplies.

Phillip Landrigan: Another chemical known as Bisphenol-A or sometimes BPA is found in a lot of plastic water bottles. It’s found in the lining of most all [---2---]on the American market, and [---3句子---]

He said that a survey by the Centers for Disease Control suggests that phthalates and BPA are found in [---4---] in the bodies of about 80 to 90 percent of Americans.

Landrigan’s concerns have been called [---5---]. He concedes that levels of these chemicals inside most of us are low.

Phillip Landrigan: However, we know so little about the toxic effects of these chemicals in humans, that just because the level is low doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about it.

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3. it gets into food or into water from those products, and then into people.

Certain manmade chemicals – found in everyday objects – might be scrambling our hormones. That’s according to pediatrician Philip Landrigan, director of the Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center. Dr. Landrigan said scientists start concerned about chemicals called phthalates, widely used to make plastic flexible, and found in baby toys and medical supplies.
西奈山医学院儿童环境健康中心主任、儿科医师菲利普•兰德里根说，日用品中含有的合成化学物质可能会扰乱人体内的荷尔蒙。他指出，目前科学家开始研究一种叫邻苯二甲酸盐的化合物，该化合物广泛用于工业生产，起到增塑剂的作用，一些儿童玩具及医药用品中也含邻苯二甲酸盐。

Phillip Landrigan: Another chemical known as Bisphenol-A or sometimes BPA is found in a lot of plastic water bottles. It’s found in the lining of most all tin cans on the American market, and it gets into food or into water from those products, and then into people.
菲利普•兰德里根：还有一种化合物叫双酚-A（BPA），你可以在许多许多矿泉水瓶中找到它。美国市场上几乎所有罐头的内层都含有双酚-A。这些物质从工业制品中渗出，通过食物和水进入人体。

He said that a survey by the Centers for Disease Control suggests that phthalates and BPA are found in varying amounts in the bodies of about 80 to 90 percent of Americans.
兰德里根指出，疾控中心进行过一项调查，结果表明约80%到90%的美国人体内都或多或少含有邻苯二甲酸盐和双酚-A。

Phillip Landrigan: They do things like change male and female behavior. They make the males more like females, the females more like males. Also these studies have shown very clearly that phthalates are quite toxic to the reproductive organs of male animals.
菲利普•兰德里根：这些化学物质会改变男性和女性的行为，使男性变得像女性，女性变得像男性。并且研究表明邻苯二甲酸盐会对雄性生殖器官造成严重毒害。

Landrigan’s concerns have been called alarmist. He concedes that levels of these chemicals inside most of us are low.
一些人认为兰德里根的观点危言耸听。他本人也承认，这些物质在绝大多数人体内含量较低。

Phillip Landrigan: However, we know so little about the toxic effects of these chemicals in humans, that just because the level is low doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about it.
菲利普•兰德里根：但是目前人们对这些有毒化合物的危害知之甚少，不能因为它在人体中含量低就掉以轻心。

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