in order to keep things from sticking in it.

来防止它粘上脏东西了
So the chemicals that are used to accomplish this,

就是因为用了某些化学品
including to make your clothing waterproof.

这些化学品还能让你的衣服防水
For example, I was skiing last week

比如上周我去滑雪
and I looked down at myself and I said,

我看了看自己的装束说
"Boy, I thought this was just a nice waterproof shell

"嘿我穿的这件防水衣
that I was wearing."

真不赖"
And then I started thinking, "Oh, you idiot.

然后我转念一想 "哦你这个白痴
You're wearing a product and you have no idea what the ingredient is."

你都不知道你穿的是什么东西"
And I'm reading a report saying that

我正在读的一篇报告上说
almost everybody has this chemical in their body

几乎每个人体内都含有这种化学物质
and it's detectable in their human tissue.

在人体组织里可以检测到