英语新闻听写 儿童蜡笔被指含有致癌成分（在线收听）

Group Finds Asbestos in Children's Crayons, Toy Crime Lab Kits

警惕！儿童蜡笔被指含有致癌成分

The EWG Action Fund is calling for a ban on asbestos in consumer products after it found traces of the carcinogen in children's crayons and toy crime lab kits.

最近，EWG行动基金对儿童蜡笔、指纹玩具组进行测试后发现其含致癌物质，呼吁禁止在产品中添加石棉纤维。

Four of 28 boxes of crayons tested positive for asbestos, according to the newly released report from the advocacy group.

宣传小组新公布的一份报告显示：抽查的28种蜡笔中，有4种含有石棉成分。

A private lab hired by the EWG Action Fund, a sister organization of the Environmental Working Group,

EWG行动基金聘用的私人实验室是美国环境工作团的“兄弟”机构，

also detected and confirmed asbestos in two of 21 toy crime lab kits it evaluated.

该实验室也检测并确认：21组指纹玩具组中有两组含有石棉成分。

Breathing in microscopic asbestos fibers has been linked to serious health problems, including lung disease, lung cancer and mesothelioma.

吸入石棉可能造成的健康危害包括，引发肺部疾病（lung disease）、 肺癌（lung cancer）以及肋膜间皮癌（mesothelioma）。