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[영자신문으로 영어공부] Scientists continue to identify health effects of microplastics 미세플라스틱은 건강에 어떤 영향을 줄까?

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 Monday, June 26 , 2023 - The Korea Times

 
번역참조: 구글

사전참조: 네이버


Tiny pieces of plastic have been found littered throughout human bodies, trapped in our lungs and laced through our blood, but the long-term health effects of this exposure remain unclear.
=> 작은 플라스틱 조각이 인체 곳곳에 흩어져 있고 폐에 갇히고 혈액을 통해 얽혀 있는 것으로 발견되었지만 이러한 노출이 건강에 미치는 장기적인 영향은 불분명합니다.

 

 

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Every day humans ingest, inhale or otherwise come in contact with microplastics, plastic pollution less than five millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter that is mostly invisible to the naked eye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Microplastics have been found most everywhere on Earth, from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, as well as in the air, water, soil and food chain.

=> 미세 플라스틱은 가장 깊은 바다부터 가장 높은 산까지, 공기, 물, 토양, 먹이 사슬 등 지구상 대부분의 곳에서 발견됩니다.

=> 이 이야기는 관련 자료에서 자주 보고 듣는다. 이게 현실이다.

어쨌든 통으로 외우자.

 

 


But in the last couple of years scientists have discovered microplastics not just throughout nature but also throughout human bodies, detecting it in lungs, livers- even in placentas.

=> 그러나 지난 몇 년 동안 과학자들은 자연 전체뿐만 아니라 인체 전체에서 미세 플라스틱을 발견했으며 폐, 간, 심지어 태반에서도 이를 감지했습니다.

 

 

While scientists have urged caution due to the study's small sample size, the presence of microplastics could suggest it is being transported through the bloodstream into organs.

=> 과학자들은 이번 연구의 표본 크기가 작기 때문에 주의를 촉구했지만 미세 플라스틱의 존재는 미세 플라스틱이 혈류를 통해 장기로 이동하고 있음을 시사할 수 있습니다.

 


 

But for now, the data remain incomplete on the health effects of microplastics, a complex cocktail of polymers and chemicals that could smuggle in other contaminants in what is called the "Trojan Horse" effect.

 

=> 그러나 현재로서는 "트로이 목마" 효과라고 불리는 다른 오염 물질을 몰래 들여올 수 있는 고분자와 화학 물질의 복잡한 혼합물인 미세 플라스틱이 건강에 미치는 영향에 대한 데이터가 불완전한 상태로 남아 있습니다.

 

 

 


"We do not know whether our level of exposure will lead to chronic or acute illnesses in the long term - but we can legitimately ask the question," he said.
=> 그는 “우리의 노출 수준이 장기적으로 만성 또는 급성 질병으로 이어질지 여부는 알 수 없지만 합법적으로 질문할 수는 있다”고 말했다.

 

 




Research has shown that microplastics have a range of detrimental effects on the health of animals, including an increase in inflammation, oxidative stress and damage to cells.

=> 연구에 따르면 미세플라스틱은 염증 증가산화 스트레스, 세포 손상 등 동물의 건강에 다양한 해로운 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났습니다.

 

 

 

 


"But we don't know exactly what chemical was involved," she said. 

=> "그러나 우리는 정확히 어떤 화학물질이 관련되었는지는 모릅니다"라고 그녀는 말했습니다.

 


Indeed, the roles that the shape, size and type of microplasticas well as additives remain poorly understood.

But researchers are working on it.

 

=> 실제로 미세플라스틱과 첨가제의 모양, 크기, 유형에 대한 역할은 여전히 ​​잘 알려져 있지 않습니다. 그러나 연구자들은 이에 대해 연구하고 있습니다.

 

 



Last week, a study in the journal Physics of Fluid modeled how different sizes of inhaled microplastics rattled through human airways, finding that they tended to collect in the nasal cavity or in the back of the throat.

=> 지난주 유체 물리학(Physics of Fluid) 저널에 실린 한 연구에서는 흡입된 미세 플라스틱의 다양한 크기가 인간의 기도를 통해 어떻게 덜거덕거리며 비강이나 목구멍 뒤쪽에 모이는 경향이 있는지를 모델링했습니다.





It is also unclear how much microplastic individual people are exposed to.

=> 개인이 얼마나 많은 미세플라스틱에 노출되는지도 불분명합니다.



"We don't really know how much microplastics we breathe, there's not a lot of studies," Melgert said, adding that research over longer time periods was needed.

=> Melgert는 "우리가 얼마나 많은 미세 플라스틱을 흡입하는지 실제로 알지 못합니다. 연구도 많지 않습니다."라고 Melgert는 말했습니다. 

그는 장기간에 걸친 연구가 필요하다고 덧붙였습니다.



The World Wildlife Fund made headlines in 2019 by estimating that people ingest around five grams of plastic a week, the equivalent of a credit card.

 

 

=> 세계야생생물기금(World Wildlife Fund)은 2019년 사람들이 일주일에 약 5그램의 플라스틱을 섭취하는 것으로 추정하여 헤드라인을 장식했습니다.

이는 신용카드 한 장에 해당하는 양입니다.

 

 

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