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牛奶的多种物质对治疗疾病有益

2011-07-13来源:国际在线
  It's not all white: The cocktail of up to 20 chemicals in a glass of milk

  它不仅仅是白色的:一杯牛奶里含有高达20多种鸡尾酒里的化学物质...

  A glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones, scientists have shown.

  科学家们已经证实:一杯牛奶里包含着高达20多种鸡尾酒里的所含有的止痛药、抗生素和生长激素等成分。

  Using a highly sensitive test, they found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.

  科学家们运用一种高度敏感的测试,在牛、羊和人类母乳样本中发现了一种用于治疗动物和人类疾病的化学物质。

  The doses of drugs were far too small to have an effect on anyone drinking them, but the results highlight how man-made chemicals are now found throughout the food chain.

  尽管这些药物的剂量很少,任何人喝了都不会对其产生影响,但结果却表明了人造的化学物质怎样会出现在食品链中。

  the highest quantities of medicines were found in cow’s milk.

  牛奶中发现了最高数量的药物。

  Researchers believe some of the drugs and growth promoters were given to the cattle, or got into milk through cattle feed or contamination on the farm.

  研究者们认为一些药物和生长激素通过喂养牛的饲料或者农场里的污染物而进入到牛或者牛奶中。

  The Spanish-Moroccan team analysed 20 samples of cow’s milk bought in Spain and Morocco, along with samples of goat and breast milk.

  西班牙-摩洛哥的研究小组分析了在西班牙和摩洛哥购买的20个牛奶样本和山羊和母乳样本。

  Their breakdown, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, revealed that cow’s milk contained traces of anti-inflammatory drugs niflumic acid, mefenamic acid and ketoprofen – commonly used as painkillers in animals and people.

  他们在农业与食品化学杂志上发表的统计分析揭示了牛奶含有消炎药、尼氟灭酸、甲灭酸、酮洛芬的踪迹,这些都通常用来作为动物和人类的止痛药...