当家具泡沫破裂的时候，往往会释放多溴二苯醚到房屋灰尘当中。
Furniture foam tends to release PBDEs into house dust when it breaks down.
达扬教授称，在欧洲，那些最可疑的多溴二苯醚七八年前就已被禁用。
In Europe the most suspect PBDEs have been banned for seven to eight years, says Dr Dayan.
妇女血液中的多溴二苯醚每增加10倍，她们的怀孕几率就下降30%。
Each ten-fold increase in a woman's blood was linked to a 30 percent decrease in her odds of getting pregnant.
由于多溴二苯醚影响人类健康的研究还刚刚起步，所以该项研究非常重要。
Because little work has been done on the effects of PBDEs on human health, this is an important study.
村里超过97％的妇女血液中含多溴二苯醚，在同一个月里，多溴二苯醚含量高的妇女的怀孕数是低含量妇女的一半。
More than 97% of the women had PBDEs in their blood, and those with high levels were half as likely to conceive in any given month as the women with low levels.
“多溴二苯醚含量的提升对于生育能力的下降是一个危险因素，”长期研究人类在阻燃剂环境中的生存状况的阿德诺博士说道。
"Elevated levels of PBDEs might be a risk factor for reduced fertility," said Schecter, who studies how people are exposed to the flame retardants.
除了生育影响以外，对于动物的测试还发现，多溴二苯醚会影响脑部发育和甲状腺激素，而该激素控制细胞的生长发育及人体其他机能。
In addition to reproductive effects, animal tests have found that PBDEs can alter brain development and thyroid hormones, which regulate growth and development of cells and many key bodily functions.
类似地，在过去的30年里，像我们知道的多溴二苯醚(PBDEs)等阻燃化学药剂也被广泛应用，但我们并不了解它们具有的其他功能。
Similarly, over the last 30 years flame-retardant chemicals known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been widely used, although little is known about their broader effects.
“由于工业化国家的人处于多溴二苯醚遍布的环境中，即使受精力的小小下降都可能引起公共卫生的广泛影响，”科学家在他们的研究中说道。
“Because exposure to PBDEs is ubiquitous in industrialized nations, even small decreases in fecundability may have wide-reaching public health impacts,” the scientists said in their study.
“由于工业化国家的人处于多溴二苯醚遍布的环境中，即使受精力的小小下降都可能引起公共卫生的广泛影响，”科学家在他们的研究中说道。
"Because exposure to PBDEs is ubiquitous in industrialized nations, even small decreases in fecundability may have wide-reaching public health impacts," the scientists said in their study.
“由于工业化国家的人处于多溴二苯醚遍布的环境中，即使受精力的小小下降都可能引起公共卫生的广泛影响，”科学家在他们的研究中说道。
"Because exposure to PBDEs is ubiquitous in industrialized nations, even small decreases in fecundability may have wide-reaching public health impacts," the scientists said in their study.
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