我国每年1200万吨粮食报废 土壤重金属污染治理告急

 　　Soil pollution has reached alarming levels in China, and will cause enormous economic losses and affect the health of people for generations, experts warned.

　　有关专家日前警告称，中国的土壤污染已经达到了令人震惊的水平，并将造成巨大的经济损失，影响几代人的健康。

　　China's arable¹ land is shrinking due to soil pollution and is bringing huge economic losses to a country already short of farmland.

　　由于土壤污染，中国的耕地正在萎缩，给本就缺少农田的国家带来巨大的经济损失。

　　China has 22 percent of the world's population but only 9 percent of the planet's arable land, Gao Guilin, a law professor at Beijing's Capital University of Economics and Business, said at a forum² held last Sunday, news site legaldaily.cn reported on Sunday.

　　北京首都经济贸易大学法学院教授高桂林在上周日举行的一个论坛上表示，中国的人口占世界的22％，但耕地只占世界的9％。

　　Gao cited statistics released by China's Ministry³ of Environmental Protection that 12 million tons of crops in China are polluted by soil contaminated with heavy metals annually⁴, which would cause a yearly loss of 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion).

　　高桂林教授引用中国环境保护部发布的统计数据称，中国每年有1200万吨作物受到土壤重金属的污染，每年造成200亿元的损失（29亿美元）。

　　我国每年1200万吨粮食报废 土壤重金属污染治理告急

　　Soil pollution also poses a great threat to public health as pollutants⁵, including heavy metals, pesticides⁶ and agricultural antibiotics⁷, and severely⁸ affects the quality of crops.

　　土壤污染也对公众的健康构成了极大的威胁，包括重金属、农药和农业抗生素等污染物，严重影响了作物的质量。

　　The Guangzhou Food and Drug Administration revealed that among the 18 batches⁹ of rice tested during random¹⁰ checks, eight were found to contain excessive amounts of heavy metal, which is known as a strong carcinogen and can cause pathological changes in kidney and other organs.

　　据广州食品药品监督管理局透露，在随机检查的18批次的大米中，有8批次含有过量的重金属，被称为强致癌物质，可导致肾脏和其他器官的病变。

　　Gao said preserving protected arable land should be a priority, surveillance of land should be enhanced, and cleaning up should be done as soon as pollution is detected.

　　高桂林教授说，保护耕地应该是一个优先考虑的事，应加强对土地的监测，一旦发现污染就应该进行清理。

　　According to latest figures from the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Land and Resources, about 16.1 percent of China's surveyed land is polluted by heavy metals including cadmium, arsenic¹¹, lead and mercury.

　　根据环境保护部和国土资源部的最新数据，在我国接受调查的土地中，约有16.1％被包括镉、砷、铅和汞的重金属所污染。

　　Last year, the central government allocated¹² 2.8 billion yuan for anti-pollution projects in 30 prefecture-level cities, but experts said it is far from enough.

　　去年，中央政府拨款28亿元用于30个地级市治理污染的项目，但专家表示，这还远远不够。

1 arable   

adj.可耕的，适合种植的

参考例句：

• The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
• Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

5 pollutants   

污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
• The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 pesticides   

n.杀虫剂( pesticide的名词复数 )；除害药物

参考例句：

• vegetables grown without the use of pesticides 未用杀虫剂种植的蔬菜
• There is a lot of concern over the amount of herbicides and pesticides used in farming. 人们对农业上灭草剂和杀虫剂的用量非常担忧。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。

8 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

9 batches   

一批( batch的名词复数 )； 一炉； （食物、药物等的）一批生产的量； 成批作业

参考例句：

• The prisoners were led out in batches and shot. 这些囚犯被分批带出去枪毙了。
• The stainless drum may be used to make larger batches. 不锈钢转数设备可用来加工批量大的料。

10 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

11 arsenic   

n.砒霜，砷；adj.砷的

参考例句：

• His wife poisoned him with arsenic.他的妻子用砒霜把他毒死了。
• Arsenic is a poison.砒霜是毒药。

12 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。