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According to a new study out of South Korea, antibacterial soap is just as effective as regular soap at killing germs, and could be harmful to your health.
根据韩国的一项新研究,抗菌香皂与普通香皂的杀菌效果相同,而且还有可能对健康造成损害 。
Researchers explain that the active ingredient in most antibacterial soaps, triclosan, does a better job of killing bacteria than regular soap, but only under very specific, unrealistic circumstances.
研究人员表明多数抗菌香皂中的活性成分,三氯生,比普通香皂的杀菌效果要好,但是只有在非常具体且不切实际的条件下才能做到 。
Like, say, if you were to wash your hands for nine hours.
比如说,你要洗九个小时手才能有效果 。
If, however, you wash your hands with room temperature antibacterial soap for about 20 seconds, you may as well use regular soap.
但是如果你用室温下的抗菌香皂洗手20秒,那最好还是选择普通香皂 。
Triclosan has been raising FDA eyebrows for years.
三氯生近年来一直都吸引着食品及药物管理局的注意 。
This study was, indeed, prompted by the FDA’s 2013 call for antibacterial soap makers to prove their product more effective than regular soap.
这项研究就是由食品及药物管理局2013年的号召引起的,它要求抗菌香皂生产商去证明他们的产品比普通香皂更有效 。
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词语解释
1.be harmful to 对...有害
例句:This can be harmful to your health if ingested.
这东西若被吃下去对你的健康可能有害 。
2.active ingredient 活性成分,有效成分
例句:The superficial epithelia cells do not bind the active ingredient and thus only serve as a transit area.
浅表的上皮细胞并不与活性药物成分结合,因而只是运输区 。
3.as well 也,还不如
例句:Items that are editable in other circumstances should, when displayed in list controls, be editable there as well.
在其他环境中可编辑的项目在列表控件中显示时,也应该能编辑 。
4.call for 要求,提倡
例句:Different circumstances call for different tactics.
不同的情势需要不同的策略 。