“塑化剂”英文怎么说

　　名词解释：塑化剂(增塑剂)是一种高分子材料助剂，也是环境雌激素中的酞酸酯类(PAEs phthalates)，其种类繁多，最常见的品种是DEHP(商业名称DOP)。你知道“塑化剂”英文怎么说吗？

　　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.

　　台湾一些运动饮料中发现了工业塑化剂，这使得整个台湾岛都陷入了恐慌。调查者查到这种化学剂源于台湾一家生产添加剂的公司昱伸化工生产的乳化剂。该公司用塑化剂邻苯二甲酸(2─乙基己基)酯代替棕榈油，而这种塑化剂可致癌。目前已经发现有近200家生产商使用了该乳化剂。

　　【讲解】文中的plasticizer即指塑化剂，也可以说成plasticizing agent，用塑化剂代替棕榈油(palm oil)，目的是为了降低生产成本(cut production costs)。塑化剂被称为环境荷尔蒙，是一种内分泌干扰素(endocrine disruptor substances，EDS)，会影响人体的荷尔蒙(hormone)，专家称其毒性比三聚氰胺(melamine)还毒。