(单词翻译:单击)
Yes,eating organic foods is a great way to reduce the amount of pollutants in your body,
选择有机食物大大减少了污染物进入体内,
but you can't entirely escapepollution, no matter where you live.
但是无论你身在何处都无法一点不受污染的侵害 。
Persistent organic pollutants, or POPs, are everywhere-in ourfood, soil, air, and water.
持久性污染物无处无在—我们的食物、土壤、空气、水 。
They can travel far distances, so thateven if you live in an area relatively free of the use of pesticidesor industrial processes, pollutants will find their way to you.
持久性污染物“跋山涉水”也会靠近你,即使你生存的地方没有使用杀虫剂或工业生产 。
In many instances, the levels of POPs found far from a source of pollution are significantly lowerthan the levels near the source.
远离污染源的污染程度明显比污染源低很多 。
However, for some POPs, even low levels can be dangerousbecause they resist break down.
但是,即使是相对低的污染浓度也可能是安全隐患,因为污染物无法分解,
When they get into your body, they stick around, accumulatingin fatty tissues.
当进入体内,滞留体内,堆积在脂肪组织 。
There is a global movement, involving over 150 countries, to eliminate some of the mostdangerous of these POPs, which include pesticides,
全球超过150个国家发起运动,坚决杜绝使用一些危害甚大的持久性污染物:包括杀虫剂、
industrial chemicals, and their byproducts.Some of them have already been banned in the U.S.
工业化学剂及相关副产品 。美国禁止使用其中的一些 。