你還在用抗菌肥皂嗎？

Americans use a lot of antibacterial soaps, but today the U.S.Food and Drug Administration banned 19 chemicals commonly found inthem.

美國消費者使用很多抗菌香皂，但是今天美國食品藥品管理局禁止了19種化學物質出現在裡面。

「Companies will no longer be able to market antibacterial washeswith these ingredients because manufacturers did not demonstratethat the ingredients are both safe for long-term daily use and moreeffective than plain soap and water in preventing illness and thespread of certain infections,」 the FDA wrote in a news release.

「各大公司不能在投放市場的抗菌洗滌用品中使用這些原料，因為製造商無法證實這些原料在長期日常使用方面是安全的，也不能證明這些物質與普通的水和肥皂相比，具有防止疾病和特定感染擴散的作用。」食品藥品管理局在一次媒體通報會上宣布。

In its ruling, the FDA said this would apply to soaps containingany of the 19 chemicals, including triclosan, found in liquidsoaps, and triclocarbon, found in soap bars.

食品藥品管理局說這條規定適用於任何包含這19種化學成分之一的肥皂，包括液體肥皂中的三氯沙和塊狀肥皂中的三氯二苯脲。

The FDA said some soap manufacturers had already removed theseingredients.

食品藥品管理局說一些肥皂製造商已經移除了這些成分。

「Consumers may think antibacterial washes are more effective atpreventing the spread of germs, but we have no scientific evidencethat they are any better than plain soap and water,」 said JanetWoodcock, M.D., director of the FDA』s Center for Drug Evaluationand Research (CDER). 「In fact, some data suggests thatantibacterial ingredients may do more harm than good over thelong-term.」

「消費者可能認為抗菌肥皂在預防疾病方面比一般肥皂更加強力，但是我們沒有任何科學依據來證明這一點。」食品藥品管理局藥物評價和研究中心主任加內特·伍德考克博士說，「事實上，一些數據表明，抗菌原料長期使用的話，壞處可能大於益處。」

Antibacterial hand wipes, liquid hand sanitizers and otherproducts used in a 「healthcare setting」 are not covered by theruling.

抗菌手擦革、洗手液和其他「衛生清潔」產品不包括在這條規定中。

In 2013, the FDA proposed the ban, saying that usingantibacterial soaps containing these chemicals 「could pose healthrisks, such as bacterial resistance or hormonal effects.」

2013年，食品藥品管理局提出了這項禁令，認為包含這些化學成分的抗菌肥皂「可能導致健康風險，比如細菌抗藥性和激素效應」。

The agency sought further data from manufacturers that showedthe soaps were effective but said such data was not provided.

食品藥品管理局向製造商採集了進一步的數據，顯示這種肥皂有效，但是稱這種數據並沒有被採用。

Manufacturers have one year to comply to the FDA』s ruling.

製造商有一年的時間來執行食品藥品管理局的規定。

While the FDA maintains that simple soap and water is the bestway to prevent spreading germs, if they are not available, the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends using a handsanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol.

食品藥品管理局一直認為普通的肥皂和瓶水就是預防細菌蔓延的最好辦法，如果沒有的話，美國疾病控制與預防中心建議使用酒精含量不低於60%的洗手液。