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你每年从食盐中吃进2 000粒塑料,这不是危言耸听
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A study published Tuesday (Oct. 16) in the journal Environmental Science and Technology found microplastics(塑料微粒) in more than 90% of the packaged food-grade(食品级) salt—also known as table salt—for sale in stores.
美国《环境科学与技术》月刊10月16日发表的一篇研究报告发现,商店里出售的包装食品级盐(即食盐)中,有超过90%含有微塑料。
table salt
食盐;调味盐;精制食盐
The team, from South Korea’s Incheon National University and Greenpeace East Asia, sampled 39 brands of salt harvested in 21 countries and regions. Only three of the samples had no detectable microplastics.
韩国仁川国立大学和绿色和平东亚分部的研究团队对21个国家和地区的39份食盐进行了取样分析,只有3个样品没有可检测到的微塑料。
sample ['sɑːmp(ə)l]
vt. 取样;抽样检查
detectable [dɪ'tektəbl]
adj. 可检测的;可发觉的
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Microplastics are virtually everywhere. Sea salt and lake salt are made by evaporating(蒸发) water and harvesting the salt that remains. Plastic waste flows from rivers into those bodies of water, so it’s no surprise that the salt contains traces(痕迹) of it too.
微塑料实际上无处不在。海盐和湖盐都是通过将水分蒸发掉,获得剩下的盐分。废塑料从河流进入水体,因此食盐里也含有微量塑料就不奇怪了。
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