| Margarine as dangerous as pesticide |
人造奶油危害堪比殺蟲劑 |
| The hydrogenated oil widely used in food industry is as dangerous as DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), CCTV reports. The trans-fatty acids contained in hydrogenated oil pose a severe threat to health that has led many Western countries to ban its use, but its production and use are still rather common in China. A survey has found that the trans-fatty acids content in cheese, margarine, cakes and biscuits in the Chinese market exceed 5 percent. |
據中央電視臺報道，廣泛用于食品行業的氫化油其危害性堪比殺蟲劑滴滴涕。由于氫化油中的反式脂肪酸嚴重威脅人類健康，很多西方國家已經對其封殺，而氫化油的生產和使用在我國依然十分普遍。有研究顯示，國內市場的奶酪﹑人造奶油﹑蛋糕﹑餅干等食物中的反式脂肪酸的含量已經超過了5%。 |
| China creates nutrition departments |
多地將設營養咨詢部門 |
| Provincial governments across China are beginning to set up food and nutrition departments in an effort to strengthen food safety and raise nutrition levels, Xinhua reports. Heilongjiang Province's food and nutrition inquiry committee held its first plenary session last week, after its establishment in April following Tianjin and Shanxi Province. |
新華社消息，為了加強食物質量安全和營養改善工作，中國各地正在陸續成立省級食物與營養咨詢部門。繼天津市和山西省之后，今年四月，黑龍江省食物與營養咨詢指導委員會正式成立，并于上周召開了第一次全體會議。 |
| Six provinces, including Sichuan and Liaoning, are now preparing to set up their own food and nutrition departments. "New problems arise when people's living standards improve," said Wan Baorui, director of the National Food and Nutrition Department. "Food production cannot meet nutrition standards. Some people suffer from malnutrition and some from over-nutrition. It is imperative to guide food development and nutrition improvement." |
四川、遼寧等六省份也正在準備成立省級食物與營養咨詢指導委員會。國家食物與營養咨詢委員會主任萬寶瑞說：“隨著人民生活水平提高，食物生產不適應營養需求、居民營養不足與營養過剩等新問題亟待解決，對食物發展與營養改善進行咨詢指導勢在必行。” |
| Projectors damage eyesight |
投影儀成學生“視力殺手” |
| Improper use of projectors in the classroom can damage students' eyesight, Yangtse Evening Post reports. If the light in classroom is too strong, students cannot see the slides clearly, but if the light is too dim, they have trouble taking notes. A report from China Electronic Chamber of Commerce suggests that most of the students sitting in the last three rows cannot see the slides clearly when teachers use projectors. |
據《揚子晚報》報道，教室內不當使用投影儀會損害學生視力。如果教室內光線太強，學生無法看清幻燈片；如果光線太暗，學生記筆記時又會遇到問題。中國電子商會的一項報告顯示，在老師使用投影儀授課時，大多數坐在教室后三排的學生無法看清幻燈片。 |
| Laptops may affect male fertility |
膝上電腦影響精子質量 |
| Sitting with a computer on the lap will raise the temperature of men's scrotums, which could affect sperm quality, Reuters reports. And there is little you can do about it, according to the authors of a study in the journal Fertility and Sterility, short of putting your laptop on a desk. The researchers hooked thermometers to the scrotums of 29 young men who were balancing a laptop on their knees. They found that even with a lap pad under the computer, the men's scrotums overheated quickly. Earlier research has shown that warming the scrotum more than one degree Celsius is enough to damage sperm. |
據路透社報道，把手提電腦放到膝上使用會導致男性陰囊溫度升高，影響精子質量。一項發表在《生育與不育》雜志上的報告說，要避免這樣的傷害， 唯一的辦法就是把電腦放到桌上。 研究人員對29名將電腦放到膝上使用的年輕男士進行調查。在受調查者陰囊部位放置的溫度計顯示結果發現，即使在手提電腦下面放了襯墊，陰囊部位還是會很快過熱。以前的研究已經發現，陰囊溫度上升超過一攝氏度，就足以對精子造成傷害。 |
