Studies Highlight Hazards of Manicurists’ Chemicals 学知识,学英文

lily0414 · 发表于 2007-8-25 18:51:12

Studies Highlight Hazards of Manicurists' Chemicals
研究发现美甲用品有害
The health of the nation's 300,000 nail salon workers has become a major concern for many environmental and women's organizations, which often point to academic studies that highlight the hazards posed by the chemicals manicurists use..
理论研究强调美甲化学品会造成危害，美国30万美甲师的健康问题成为很多环保机构及女性组织所关注的主要问题。
Studies led by professors at Wayne State University in Detroit and published in a journal on neurology found that nail salon work was associated with poor performance on tests of attention, mental processing speed, memory and verbal learning.
由底特律Wayne州立大学的教授所领导并发表在《神经病学》杂志上的研究发现美甲店工作会导致注意力、反应速度、记忆力和言语学习测试表现较差。
A study by researchers at the University of Toronto and other institutions found that children who were prenatally exposed to the compounds these workers use performed worse on tests for cognitive function, language and behavior.
Toronto大学及其他协会的研究人员进行的一项研究发现若胎儿暴露在这些美甲化学品中，出生后认知功能、语言和行为测试都表现较差。
"The intensity of exposure for salon workers is 1,200 times what it would be for the average American," said Sonya Lunder, a senior analyst for the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization that seeks to protect public health and the environment. "Immigrant women often don't understand the safety information."
一个寻求保护公众健康及维护环境卫生的非盈利环保工作小组的一位资深分析师Sonya Lunder称，"对于一般美国人来讲，美甲师与这些化学品的接触强度为1,200次"。"移民女性常常不懂这些安全信息。"
In California, where three-fourths of the 80,000 nail salon workers are Vietnamese, Vietnamese groups have begun an education campaign on salon safety. California law requires the government to list products containing chemicals that cause cancer or birth defects, and three compounds long used in nail salons — toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate — are on the list.
在加州，8万名美甲师中有3/4为越南人，越南人已开始进行一项关于美甲店安全的教育运动。加州法律要求政府列出含有致癌或致畸化学品的产品，而该清单中有三种长期应用于美甲行业---甲苯、甲醛和邻苯二甲酸二丁酯。
Toluene is a colorless liquid used as a solvent, formaldehyde helps harden nails and dibutyl phthalate is a plasticizer that makes nail polish flexible. A leading supplier to nail salons, OPI Products, announced in March that it would begin removing toluene from its products. Last year, the company said it was removing dibutyl phthalate.
甲苯是一种无色液体，用做溶媒；甲醛帮助硬化指甲；而邻苯二甲酸二丁酯是一种增塑剂，增强指甲油的柔韧性。美甲店的主要供应商，OPI Products，三月份声明其将开始从产品中去掉甲苯。去年，该公司称要从指甲油中去掉邻苯二甲酸二丁酯。
In Springfield, Mass., a community group received a $100,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to build a salon with a high-quality ventilation system to serve as a model for salon owners and workers. The grant came after public health experts at a Springfield hospital found that six Vietnamese nail salon workers had miscarried, while others had rashes, fungal infections and asthma.
马塞诸塞州斯普林菲尔德的一家社区团体收到环保组织提供的10万美元资助金用于建立一所拥有高质量通风系统的美甲店为美甲店主及美甲师提供参考。公共卫生专家在斯普林菲尔德医院发现六名越南美甲师出现流产，其他美甲师出现皮疹、真菌感染和哮喘，之后环保组织提供了该项资助。
"This is an unusual working population," said Grant Nakayama, the E.P.A.'s assistant enforcement administrator. "They work long hours. They might be women of childbearing age. They might bring children to the workplace. They may have less access to information about proper use because they might not be as fluent as the general population. These are all factors that go into a situation of creating needless exposure to chemicals."
"这是一个特殊的工作群体，" E.P.A.助理执行主席Grant Nakayama说。"她们长时间的工作。她们可能是育龄期女性。她们可能会将孩子带到工作地。她们可能因为语言表达不流利而对正确使用美甲品更缺乏了解。所有这些因素都导致一个结果---在化学品环境中不必要的暴露。"
Doug Schoon, co-chairman of the Nail Manufacturers Council, a group of companies that make products for nail salons, said the chemicals used in salons were safe.
美甲产品制造商委员会联合主席Doug Schoon说，美甲店所用的化学品是安全的。
"If you have proper ventilation, you'll avoid a majority of issues," he said. "Cosmetics are safe when used properly and according to manufacturer warnings."
"如果有专属的换气排风系统，就可以避免大部分的问题，"他说。"如果按照厂家的注意事项正确使用，美甲产品是安全的。"
He acknowledged that rashes were a problem. "Nothing happens the first 25 times, but people become sensitive," he said. "This is something that nail salon manufacturers are trying to address."
他承认皮疹是个问题。"接触头25次不会有任何影响，但是身体会变得敏感，"他说。"这是美甲品生产商要设法解决的问题。"

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