氯對人體造成的危害

Chlorine has been getting a fair bit of attention lately.

最近，人們一直在關注氯。

Mainly, it's down to the proposed trade deal between the US and the UK that could, among other things, lead to America forcing us to allow chicken washed in the chemical to be sold here.

除了其它因素之外，主要是因爲美國和英國之間提出的貿易協議可能會導致美國迫使我們允許用化學物質洗過的雞肉在國內出售。

In the US, there are no poultry welfare standards. There's nothing to stop farmers keeping their birds in appallingly dirty conditions. They're able to do so as they just wash the chicken in chlorine after slaughter to remove any harmful bacteria. In the UK, farmers are supposed to keep hens in less squalid environments.

美國沒有家禽福利標準。沒有什麼可以阻止農夫在惡劣的情況下養雞。他們會在殺雞後用氯清洗雞肉，洗掉任何有害細菌，所以他們能夠這樣做。在英國，農夫應該在不太髒亂的環境下養雞。

Swimming pools are a different matter

游泳池是另一回事

Because chlorine chicken has become somewhat of a Remain argument pin-up, it seems pertinent to wonder what chlorine actually does to the human body.

因爲氯洗雞已經成爲受歡迎的一個話題，所以人們似乎在思考氯能給身體帶來什麼影響。

Of course, there are arguments and reports on both sides in terms of consumption. The EU rules against chlorine-washed chicken. American agricultural lawmakers deem it safe.

當然，在攝入氯方面，既有好的也有不好的爭論和報道。歐盟禁止氯洗雞，而美國農業立法者卻認爲氯洗雞是安全的。

It also got us wondering about swimming pools. While few would probably want to ingest chlorine, what about swimming in it? First things first, chlorine is a safe and common cleaner used in public pools. We need it to destroy germs. You don't need to worry or stop your weekly swim.

我們也會擔心遊泳池中的氯。雖然可能很少有人攝入氯，但如果在放了氯的游泳池中游泳又會如何呢？首先，氯是安全的，是公共泳池中常見的清潔劑。我們需要氯破壞細菌。你無需擔心，也不用暫停自己每週的游泳計劃。

But the disinfectant does have adverse effects on our bodies that we should be aware of. Aside from being a sterilizer, it can have a damaging impact on our hair, for example. Insider asked dermatologists to determine what chlorine really does, and we've condensed the information here.

但消毒劑確實會給我們的身體帶來不利影響，我們應該注意這一點。比如，氯除了能消毒，還會損傷我們的頭髮。Insider工作人員諮詢了皮膚病專家以確定氯能帶來的影響，濃縮後的信息如下。

Dries the skin

皮膚變得乾燥

Chlorine dries out the skin, and some people may also find their skin feeling scratchy or irritated by it, according to Dr Debra Jaliman, an American Academy of Dermatology Spokesperson.

美國皮膚病學會發言人Debra Jaliman博士說道，氯會使皮膚變得乾燥，有些人認爲氯可能刺激了他們的皮膚，使得皮膚瘙癢。

Dr Jaliman says that it's important to shower after swimming, and also advises the use of moisturiser to replace essential oils lost in chlorinated pools.

Jaliman博士說，游完泳之後洗澡是很重要的，同時還建議使用保溼劑來代替在氯化池中丟失的身體精油。

Chlorine can make your hair brittle

氯會使你的頭髮變脆弱

The chemical can also dry out your hair. Dr. Adam Friedman, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Director of Supportive Oncodermatology at George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, says that it can also make hair brittle.

這一化學物質還會使你的頭髮乾燥。喬治華盛頓醫學與健康科學院的副教授及支持性皮膚病學的主任亞當·弗裏德曼博士說：氯會使你的頭髮變脆弱。