双语科普：用塑料容器盛装食物进食可能对心脏有害

Eating from Plastic Containers May Be Bad for the Heart

They're very convenient, but the plastic containers used for takeout food could also be very bad for your health, according to a new study from China.

它们非常方便，但是根据中国的一项新研究，用来装外卖食物的塑料容器也可能对你的健康极为有害。

The two-part study found that eating from plastic takeout containers could actually increase the risk of heart failure.

这项分两部分的研究发现，用塑料外卖容器盛装食物进食实际上可能会增加心力衰竭的风险。

In the first part of the study, over 3,000 people were surveyed about how often they ate from plastic takeout containers and whether they had heart disease. The researchers found that the more people ate from plastic containers, the more likely they were to suffer from heart failure.

在研究的第一部分，超过3000人接受了关于他们多久使用一次塑料外卖容器进食以及是否患有心脏病的调查。研究人员发现，人们使用塑料容器进食的频率越高，就越有可能患上心力衰竭。

The second part of the study was an experiment on rats.

研究的第二部分是一项在老鼠身上进行的实验。

The researchers poured boiling water into plastic takeout containers, so that chemicals from the plastic would leach into the water. The water was then cooled and given to the rats.

研究人员将沸水倒入塑料外卖容器中，这样塑料中的化学物质就会渗入水中。然后将水冷却后喂给老鼠。

After doing this for three months, the researchers studied the rats and found there were changes to the environment of the rats' guts. These changes had affected the microorganisms living in the rats' guts, and also the chemicals that those microorganisms produced.

在这样做了三个月之后，研究人员对老鼠进行了研究，发现老鼠肠道内的环境发生了变化。这些变化影响了生活在老鼠肠道内的微生物，也影响了这些微生物产生的化学物质。

According to the researchers, such changes in the gut are likely to cause inflammation that can lead to heart health problems.

据研究人员称，肠道内的这种变化很可能会引发炎症，进而导致心脏健康问题。

The researchers also found that the rats' heart muscles were damaged.

研究人员还发现，老鼠的心肌受到了损伤。

Previous research has shown that many chemicals found in plastics are bad for human health.

先前的研究表明，在塑料中发现的许多化学物质对人体健康有害。

Microorganisms in the gut have also been shown to be very important for human health. However, although it is known that plastic can have a negative effect on these microorganisms, until now it was not clear how this could lead to heart disease.

肠道内的微生物也已被证明对人体健康非常重要。然而，尽管人们知道塑料会对这些微生物产生负面影响，但直到现在还不清楚这是如何导致心脏病的。

The study's authors said that more research is needed into how plastic can affect people's health over a long period of time, and which parts of the body are most affected.

这项研究的作者表示，需要更多地研究塑料如何在长时间内影响人们的健康，以及人体的哪些部位受到的影响最大。

For now though, the researchers said people shouldn't use plastic containers for hot food, and they should reduce the amount of plastic they use in their daily life.

不过目前，研究人员表示，人们不应该使用塑料容器来盛装热的食物，并且应该减少日常生活中塑料的使用量。

翻译：豆包

整理：2025年3月13日于经典龙苑