These findings provide the most sophisticated data set available for any species about synergies among pesticides, and between pesticides and disease. The only human equivalent is research into pharmaceutical interactions, with many prescription drugs showing harmful or fatal side effects when used together, particularly in patients who already are disease-compromised. Pesticides have medical impacts as potent as pharmaceuticals do, yet we know virtually nothing about their synergistic impacts on our health, or their interplay with human diseases.
这些发现所提供的,关于杀虫剂与杀虫剂、杀虫剂与疾病之间发生协同作用的数据集,是所有物种中最为详细的。对于人类,唯一对等的是对药物相互作用的研究。许多处方药在同时使用时,都会表现出有害乃至致命的副作用,对于那些已经生病的患者来说尤其如此。杀虫剂与药物的作用一样强大,但我们其实根本不知道它们会对我们的健康产生怎样的协同作用,也不知道它们会如何与人类的疾病相互影响。
Observing the tumultuous demise of honeybees should alert us that our own well-being might be similarly threatened. The honeybee is a remarkably resilient species that has thrived for 40 million years, and the widespread collapse of so many colonies presents a clear message: We must demand that our regulatory authorities require studies on how exposure to low dosages of combined chemicals may affect human health before approving compounds.
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