And scientists, including Hugh Taylor right here

科学家包括Hugh Taylor
at the Yale Medical School, is now recognizing

他是耶鲁大学医学院的现在意识到
that these are very effective chemicals at exceptionally low doses,

这些都是极低剂量下非常有效的化合物
part per trillion doses, in sending a signal to cells

万亿剂量每份传输一个信号给细胞
that estrogen has arrived or another hormone has arrived.

雌激素或是其他激素就到达了
So that they are triggers of hormonal activity

因此它们引发了激素活动
in many different species of animals as well as humans.

在许多不同的动物中同样包括人类
So what does this mean?

这意味着什么呢
In one way, it means that we're conducting

一方面这说明我们自己进行了
quite a chemical experiment on ourselves,

相当的化学实验
but also on future generations.

我们的后代也同样如此
So what should we be doing about it?

因此我们应该做些什么呢