鏟屎官們,請讓你們主子遠離化粧品現代英語美文

Hey lady, keep your lipstick away from that Labrador!

嘿，女士，請讓那隻拉布拉多犬遠離你的口紅!

Dogs are ingesting the hormone-warping chemicals commonly found in makeup, creams and shampoos — and it could be making them sick, according to a new study.

一項最新研究表明，狗狗們正在攝取使激素扭曲的化學物質，這些化學物質通常存在於化粧品、面霜和洗髮水中，可能會讓它們生病。

New York State Department of Health researchers tested dogs’ and cats’ food and pee for the cheap preservatives known as “parabens” — which have been shown to have potentially harmful affects on health, according to their report.

紐約州衞生署的.研究員對貓狗食物和尿液中名為“苯甲酸酯”的廉價防腐劑進行了測試。據報道，這些防腐劑對健康有潛在危害。

They found that kitties mostly ingest parabens through cat food — with dry food containing more than wet — but pooches are also exposed to other sources of the po compound.

他們發現，貓咪大多是通過貓糧來攝取苯甲酸酯的，幹貓糧比濕貓糧含有更多的苯甲酸酯，但狗狗們也暴露在其他的環氧化合物來源中。

They say it could explain why dogs who spend more time indoors are more likely to get sick with diabetes, hypothyroidism and kidney disease.

他們説這可以解釋為什麼室內飼養的狗更容易患糖尿病、甲減和腎病。