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震惊！人类睾丸中发现微塑料

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But as Carmelinda Ruggiero, a geriatric specialist at the University of Perugia in Italy, and colleagues explain in their paper, these hallmarks are "incredibly complex and highly interrelated" processes that are not as easy to detect as a general decline in physical strength and mobility – the first clinical feature doctors typically recognize in aging.

但正如意大利佩鲁贾大学的老年病专家卡梅琳达·鲁杰罗和她的同事在论文中所解释的，这些特征是“极其复杂且高度相互关联”的过程，远不像体力和行动能力的普遍下降那样容易被检测到——这是医生在衰老过程中通常首先识别的临床特征。

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Microplastics have been found in human testicles , with researchers saying the discovery might be linked to declining sperm counts in men. The scientists tested 23 human testes , as well as 47 testes from pet dogs. They found microplastic pollution in every sample. The human testicles had been preserved and so their sperm count could not be measured. However, the sperm count in the dogs’ testes could be assessed and was lower in samples with higher contamination with PVC. The study demonstrates a correlation but further research is needed to prove microplastics cause sperm counts to fall.

人类睾丸中已发现存在微塑料，研究人员表示男性精子数量下降可能与这一发现有关。研究人员检测了23个人类睾丸和47只宠物狗的睾丸。他们发现每个样本中都存在微塑料污染。由于人类睾丸已被做成标本，所以无法测量其精子数量。然而，可以测量精子数量的宠物狗睾丸样本中，被PVC塑料污染较高的样本，精子数量较低。尽管该研究表明了微塑料与精子数量下降之间的相关性，但需要进一步研究来证明二者的因果关系。

1.testicle

/ˈtɛstɪkəl/

n. 睾丸

2.sperm

/spɜːm/

n. 精子；精液；鲸蜡油

3.testes

/ˈtɛstiːz/

n. 睾丸(testis 的复数)

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Sperm counts in men have been falling for decades, with chemical pollution such as pesticides implicated by many studies. Microplastics have also recently been discovered in human blood, placentas and breast milk, indicating widespread contamination of people’s bodies. The impact on health is as yet unknown but microplastics have been shown to cause damage to human cells in the laboratory.

多项研究发现，男性精子数量在过去几十年中持续下降，其中化学污染如农药等被认为是其中一个因素。最近，微塑料被发现存在于人类的血液、胎盘和母乳中，表明人体普遍受到了微塑料污染。虽然目前微塑料对健康的影响尚不清楚，但实验室研究表明，微塑料会对人体细胞造成损害。

1.pesticide

/ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd/

n. 杀虫剂，农药

2.placenta

/pləˈsɛntə/

n. 胎盘；胎座

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Vast amounts of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and microplastics have polluted the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans. People are known to consume the tiny particles via food and water as well as breathing them in.

大量的塑料垃圾被丢弃在环境中，微塑料已经污染了整个地球，从珠穆朗玛峰的山顶到海洋的最深处。众所周知，人们通过食物、水甚至呼吸都会摄入这些微小颗粒。

1.dump

/dʌmp/

v. 丢弃，扔掉; 乱堆，乱放; 丢下，抛弃; 分手，甩掉; 倾销，抛售; 转储，转存(计算机数据); (尤指系统发生故障后内存的)打印输出，卸出

n. 垃圾场; 废料堆场; (金矿开采作业堆积而成的)矿山废石堆; 转存;

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The particles could lodge in tissue and cause inflammation , as air pollution particles do, or chemicals in the plastics could cause harm. In March, doctors warned of potentially life-threatening effects after finding a substantially raised risk of stroke , heart attack and earlier death in people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics.

这些微小的塑料颗粒可能会驻留在组织中并引起炎症，就像空气污染颗粒一样，或者塑料中的化学物质也可能会造成伤害。翻译划线句，在文末留言打卡，答案下期公布~

1.lodge in 住宿在某处

2.contaminate

/kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt/

v. 污染，弄脏; 毒害，腐蚀(人的思想或品德)

3. inflammation

英 [ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃn]

n. 发炎，炎症

4. stroke

英 [strəʊk] 美 [stroʊk]

n. 中风；（使用武器的）击，打；击球，一击，一抽；（划船用语）划桨，划法，划桨法；泳式，游泳姿势；（指挥船上其他桨手的）尾桨手；轻抚，抚摸；一笔，一划；（灵感的）突发，（天才的）一举；（突发或突然想到的）好事；斜线（号）；（雷电的）闪光；来回动作，上下动作；（一系列重复运动的）节奏，律动；（鸟翼的）一次扑打；准时，准点；（时钟报时的）鸣响，钟声

v. 轻抚，抚摸；轻挪，轻触，轻拭；击球；<美，非正式>讨好，奉承；在……上轻轻涂抹；当……的尾桨手，当……的领桨

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震惊！人类睾丸中发现微塑料

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