又出事了! 这些常见止咳药竟含硫磺?

 Five widely used Chinese traditional medicines (TCMs) for treating cough have been found to have a high sulfur¹ content, the Economic Information Daily reported on last Friday.

据《经济参考报》上周五报道，5种常见的中医止咳药被检测出有较高的硫磺含量。

The scandal involved well-known Chinese pharmaceutical² companies Taiji Group (Tai Chi Group), Tongyao Pharmaceutical Group, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group and Yunnan Baiyao Group. So far, the companies have not responded to the accusation³.

中国知名药企如太极集团、通药集团、哈药集团、云南白药集团等或涉其中。截至发稿，这些药企均未对此作出回应。

The paper attributed the contamination to sulfur-fumigated Thunberg Fritillary Bulb, a raw material widely used in cough TCMs to clear away heat, reduce phlegm, and moisten lungs.

《经济参考报》指出，硫磺熏浙贝是造成止咳药含有硫磺的主要原因。浙贝母是一种广泛用于止咳药中的中药材，用来清热化痰、润肺止咳。

又出事了! 这些常见止咳药竟含硫磺?

A tipster surnamed Bai told the paper that sulfur-fumigated Thunberg Fritillary Bulb was very harmful to human health.

爆料人白先生接受《经济参考报》采访时表示，硫磺熏过的浙贝对人体危害极大。

At the end of last year, Bai bought five popular cough TCMs online and had them examined by Xi'an Guolian Quality Inspection⁴ Technology Corp, a third-party institution, finding sulfur in all the medicines.

去年底，他网购了5种常见的止咳化痰药品，并送到第三方机构--西安国联质量检测技术股份有限公司进行检测，结果发现所有送检药品中均含有一定的硫磺。

Generally speaking, TCMs should not contain sulfur, but the content of sulfur in the five under scrutiny⁵ ranged from 0.1g to 0.6g per 100g of medication, the paper said, citing an inspector⁶ surnamed Zhong.

《经济参考报》援引检测负责人钟某的话称，一般来说，成品药的成分中不应出现“硫”成分，而这5种止咳药中每100克成品药的硫磺含量竟然高达0.1-0.6克 (即最高千分之六的比例)。

All tests had been conducted in accordance with China's national food safety standard, the paper said. However, as Xi'an Guolian is not an official pharmaceutical inspection institution, the results have yet to be approved by regulators.

《经济参考报》指出，上述5种止咳药的硫磺含量检测都是依据国家食品安全标准进行的。但是，由于西安国联并不是我国官方医药检测机构，因此该检查结果有待官方进一步确认。

1 sulfur   

n.硫，硫磺（=sulphur）

参考例句：

• Sulfur emissions from steel mills become acid rain.炼钢厂排放出的硫形成了酸雨。
• Burning may produce sulfur oxides.燃烧可能会产生硫氧化物。

2 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

3 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

5 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

6 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。