“塑化劑”英文怎麼說

名詞解釋：塑化劑(增塑劑)是一種高分子材料助劑，也是環境雌激素中的酞酸酯類(PAEs phthalates)，其種類繁多，最常見的品種是DEHP(商業名稱DOP)。你知道“塑化劑”英文怎麼說嗎？

Taiwan island has been rocked by the scare, since industrial plasticizer was found in sports drinks.

Investigators traced the chemical to an emulsifier produced by Yu Sheng Chemical, an additive company in Taiwan. It substituted palm oil with the plasticizer DEHP, which is known to cause cancer.

Nearly two-hundred manufacturers have so far been found to have used the emulsifier. It's lead to nearly a million drinks being pulled from the shelves in Taiwan.

臺灣一些運動飲料中發現了工業塑化劑，這使得整個臺灣島都陷入了恐慌。調查者查到這種化學劑源於臺灣一家生產添加劑的公司昱伸化工生產的乳化劑。該公司用塑化劑鄰苯二甲酸(2─乙基己基)酯代替棕櫚油，而這種塑化劑可致癌。目前已經發現有近200家生產商使用了該乳化劑。

【講解】文中的plasticizer即指塑化劑，也可以說成plasticizing agent，用塑化劑代替棕櫚油(palm oil)，目的是爲了降低生產成本(cut production costs)。塑化劑被稱爲環境荷爾蒙，是一種內分泌干擾素(endocrine disruptor substances，EDS)，會影響人體的荷爾蒙(hormone)，專家稱其毒性比三聚氰胺(melamine)還毒。