環境荷爾蒙 英文怎麼說

環境荷爾蒙 英文怎麼說

環境荷爾蒙 : Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals = EDC

Apprehension is growing among many scientists that the cause of all this may be a class of chemicals called endocrine disruptors.
科學家愈來愈擔憂這些(男性生殖器官畸形等)起因可能是被稱做環境荷爾蒙的化學物質
They are very widely used in agriculture, industry and consumer products. Some also enter the water supply when estrogens in human urine — compounded when a woman is on the pill — pass through sewage systems and then through water treatment plants.
These endocrine disruptors have complex effects on the human body, particularly during fetal development of males.
環境荷爾蒙廣泛在農業及消費者產品中出現 有些甚至進入水源......

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/opinion/28kristof.html