Name: 信不信由你，洗髮乳、化妝品真的有「毒」？ The Story of Cosmetics (2010)
Uploaded: 2014-02-26T14:30:32.000Z
Duration: 8 min 18 s

This is a story about a world obsessed with stuff.

這是個關於沈溺於物質的世界的故事

It's a story about a system in crisis. We're trashing the planet,

一個岌岌可危的系統的故事 我們糟蹋這個地球

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we're trashing each other,  and we're not even having fun.

我們還互相糟蹋  而且一點樂趣也沒有

The good thing is that when we start to understand the system,

好消息是當我們開始 瞭解這個制度時

We start to see lots of places to step in and turn these problems into solutions.

就開始看到許多可以介入之處 把問題變成解決方法

Can I tell you, I love my Pantene Pro V. 

我可以告訴你，我愛我的潘婷Pro V 

Of the dozen or so personal care products I use everyday, it's the one I can't live without.

在我每天使用的十幾種個人護理用品中 它是我生活中最不可或缺的。

Says it gives my dull hair "the ultimate cool shine."

它能讓我黯淡的頭髮變得「無敵柔順閃亮」

I was wondering that, while I was lathering it into my hair one day, 

當我有一天把它塗抹在頭髮上時 我突然有這樣的疑問

I took this list to some scientists who know how to read it.

我把這清單拿給了解這些成分的科學家

Turns out my Pantene contains a chemical linked to cancer.

結果發現我的潘婷含有一種和癌症有關的化學物質

And lots of other products in my bathroom from sunscreen to lipstick and even baby shampoo 

而且我浴室裡其他的產品 從防曬油到口紅，甚至是嬰兒洗髮精 

also contain chemicals linked to cancer or other problems like learning disabilities, asthma,

也都含有一些物質會導致癌症或其他疾病 比如學習障礙、氣喘

but now I find out my bathroom is a minefield of toxins.

但現在我卻發現自己的浴室就佈滿了危險的毒物

we have to go back to one of the key features of our materials economy: Toxics in, toxics out.

我們必須再次提及物質經濟的 一項重要特質：毒物進，毒物出。

If, at the factory, you pour toxic chemicals into a product - like baby shampoo -

如果在工廠中，你將有毒化學品加進一個產品 如嬰兒洗髮精

you're going to wind up with... toxic baby shampoo ...

結果你就會得到…有毒的嬰兒洗髮精

So let's take a closer look at this toxic outrage where it seeps into our lives every day -

讓我們進一步看看這些毒物 如何大肆出現在我們日常生活中

The average woman in the U.S. uses about twelve personal care products daily.

在美國，女生平均每天約使用 12種個人護理用品

Each product contains a dozen or more chemicals.

每種產品含有十幾種或更多的化學物質

Less than twenty percent of all chemicals in cosmetics have been assessed for safety 

用於化妝品的所有化學物質中 只有不到百分之二十有經過化妝品業界的 

so we just don't know what they do to us when we use them.

因此當我們在使用的時候 其實我們並不曉得它們會對我們造成什麼樣的影響

Would you fly on an airline that only inspects twenty percent of its planes?

如果一家航空公司只定期檢查1/5的飛機 你敢坐嗎？

Of course, not all of these chemicals are dangerous.

當然，這些化學物質並不全是有害的

Others are neurotoxins and reproductive toxins;

proven to mess up brain development and reproduction in animals.

都被證實會影響動物的腦部發育 和生育功能

We're using all these mystery chemicals and just waiting to see what happens.

我們正在使用這些詭異的化學物質 然後等著看之後會發生什麼！

One thing we do know is that they're getting inside us.

我們只知道一件事實 那就是這些化學物質都在我們體內！

I had my body's toxicity levels tested, and I'm loaded with things like mercury, flame retardants,

我曾經做過我身體毒物含量的檢測 在我身體裡含有像是汞、阻燃劑、

甚至是剛出生的嬰兒都已被污染了

Now I know we can't live in a lead free world, but do they have to put lead in our lipstick?

我知道我們不可能活在無鉛的環境 但是有必要把鉛放到口紅裡嗎？

我可以找到49種不同顏色的口紅

or shampoo for hair that's too dry, oily, fine, limp, or frizzy.

適用於各種髮質的洗髮精 包括太乾、太油、太細、太蓬或是太捲的

But what about the choices that really matter?

Like the choice to buy products that are safe?

It turns out the important decisions don't happen when I choose to

They happen when companies and governments decide what should be put on the shelves.

這些重要的選擇 在政府及企業決定什麼東西要放到架上的時候就已被決定了

They're the ones offering me "Herbal Essences," the number two shampoo in the country.

就是提供我們「草本精華」洗髮精的公司 這種洗髮精排名全美第二

made from oil. Since when is oil an herb?

──從石油中提煉出來 什麼時候石油也屬於天然草本了？

words like "herbal", "natural", even "organic"

像是「草本」「天然」甚至是「有機」等字眼

That means anybody can put anything in a bottle and call it natural.

這表示任何人都可以在瓶子裡放進任何東西 然後說他是天然的

I mean, can you imagine a top seller called "petro-essences?"

我的意思是，你能想像一種最暢銷的產品 叫做「石油精華」嗎？

What's even nastier are hair relaxers marketed to 5 year olds,

更讓人受不了的是 賣給五歲小孩用的直髮膏

and in the message they send about what beauty is.

Ooh, here's Estee Lauder offering me a chance to help find a cure for breast cancer.

噢～這是雅詩蘭黛 他們提供機會讓我可以協助找出治療乳癌的方法

But wait...they're also using chemicals linked to cancer.

但是等等……他們一樣使用可能導致癌症的化學物質

Don't you think the best way for Estee Lauder to fight  cancer is to stop using those chemicals in the first place?

你不覺得雅詩蘭黛如果要對抗癌症 最好首先就是停止使用這些化學物質？

I get to choose between meaningless claims on a bottle.

我只能靠著瓶子上 毫無意義的聲明去做選擇

But these guys get the real choice about what goes into those bottles.

但這些傢伙卻能真正選擇 要放哪些東西到瓶子裡

And that happens back here at the factories where they're formulated.

這件事要回溯到製造產品的工廠裡。

Why do the makers of these products use all these toxics, are they trying to poison us?

為什麼這些製造商在生產這些產品時要使用這些有毒物質？ 難道他們想要毒害我們嗎？

No, they're just working from a 1950s mindset when people were totally swept up in

不，他們的作法只是依循1950年代的思考模式

當時人們全都相信「化學能帶來更好的生活」

In all that excitement, they forgot to worry about human health impacts. That was years ago, and they are

在這樣的激情下，他們忘了去考慮對人體健康的影響 儘管這是多年前的觀念

still using these same old toxic chemicals.

他們依然在使用跟過去一樣的毒性化學物質

Today big cosmetics companies say the doses of poison in their products are small enough to be harmless.

現今的大化妝品公司聲稱產品中的微量毒性物質 不足以對人體產生傷害

是呀，如果你一年只用這個產品一次！

I guess they never get out and see that their products are being used

我想他們從沒搞清楚，他們的產品每天都被使用

and combined with other products every day: a little toxic dose under your arms,

而且還跟其他產品一起使用 一點點毒素塗抹在你的腋下

a little more on your hair, on your lips.

再多一點點在你的頭髮上，還有嘴唇上

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