Because the critical thing about this is that even though the damage only eventually causes pathology, the damage itself is caused ongoing-ly throughout life, starting before we're born.
因为这个关键的是， 尽管这些损害只有在最终才会造成不可避免的死亡， 它们是从我们出生之前就开始累积的东西，我们整个人生它们都不断累积。