2022年7月4日 星期一

More than 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals found in food packaging

 

食品包裝發現3000多種潛在有害化學物質

【摘要2022.7.4..自由】陳成良

Scientists have identified more than 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals that can be found in food packaging and other food-related materials, two-thirds of which were not previously known to be in contact with food.

科學家們已經確定3000多種可在食品包裝和其他食品相關材料中發現的潛在有害化學物質,其中3分之2是以前未發現與食品接觸的化學品。

An international group of scientists analyzed more than 1,200 scientific studies where chemicals had been measured in food packaging, processing equipment, tableware and reusable food containers.

一個國際科學家小組分析1200多份科學研究,這些研究對食品包裝、加工設備、餐具和可重複使用的食品容器中的化學物質進行檢測。

A report released on Thursday by the Food Packaging Forum, a Switzerland-based non-profit, noted little is known about many of the 3,240 chemicals examined in these studies or their effects on people.

瑞士非營利組織「食品包裝論壇」週四發布的一份報告指出,人們對這些研究檢測的3240種化學物質中的許多物質,及其對人類的影響知之甚少。

Just one-third of the chemicals studied appeared in a previously compiled database of more than 12,000 chemicals associated with the manufacturing of food contact materials.

所研究的化學品中,僅有3分之1出現在先前彙編、與食品接觸材料製造有關的12000多種化學品資料庫中。

新聞辭典

in contact with:片語,與接觸。例句:I’m still in contact with my friends from college.(我跟大學的朋友還有在聯絡。)

(to be) associated with:指與有關、與連結在一起,被動語態居多。例句:Rainfall is associated with humidity.(下雨和溼度有關。)

 

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