鏟屎官們,請讓你們主子遠離化妝品現代英語美文

　　Hey lady, keep your lipstick away from that Labrador!

　　嘿，女士，請讓那只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于化妝品、面霜和洗發水中，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.

　　紐約州衛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，干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.

　　他們說這可以解釋為什么室內飼養的狗更容易患糖尿病、甲減和腎病。