食品包装中发现3000多种潜在有害化学物质

Scientists have identified more than 3,000 potentially harmful chemicals that can be found in food packaging and other food-related materials, two-thirds of which were not previously known to be in contact with food.

科学家们已经确定了3000多种可在食品包装和其他食品相关材料中发现的潜在有害化学物质，其中三分之二是以前未发现与食品接触的化学品。

An international group of scientists analyzed more than 1,200 scientific studies where chemicals had been measured in food packaging, processing equipment, tableware and reusable food containers.
一个国际科学家小组分析了1200多项科学研究，这些研究对食品包装、加工设备、餐具和可重复使用的食品容器中的化学物质进行了检测。

A report released on Thursday by the Food Packaging Forum, a Switzerland-based non-profit, said little is known about many of the 3,240 chemicals examined in these studies or their effects on people.
瑞士非营利组织“食品包装论坛”5月19日发布的一份报告指出，人们对这些研究中检测的3240种化学物质中的许多物质及其对人类的影响知之甚少。

Manufacturers are either intentionally or unintentionally adding these chemicals to packaging and other equipment, said Pete Myers, a report co-author and founder and chief scientist of Environmental Health Sciences, a non-profit advocacy group.
该报告合著者、非营利性倡导组织环境健康科学创始人兼首席科学家皮特•迈尔斯表示，制造商有意或无意地将这些化学品添加到包装和其他设备中。

Either way, many of those chemicals are ending up in the human body, he said.
不管怎样，其中许多化学物质最终都会进入人体。