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Group Finds Asbestos in Children's Crayons, Toy Crime Lab Kits
警惕！兒童蠟筆被指含有致癌成分
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行動基金對兒童蠟筆、指紋玩具組進行測試后發現其含致癌物質，呼吁禁止在產品中添加石棉纖維。
Four of 28 boxes of crayons tested positive for asbestos, according to the newly released report from the advocacy group.
宣傳小組新公布的一份報告顯示：抽查的28種蠟筆中，有4種含有石棉成分。
A private lab hired by the EWG Action Fund, a sister organization of the Environmental Working Group,
EWG行動基金聘用的私人實驗室是美國環境工作團的“兄弟”機構，
also detected and confirmed asbestos in two of 21 toy crime lab kits it evaluated.
該實驗室也檢測并確認：21組指紋玩具組中有兩組含有石棉成分。
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，引發肺部疾病（lung disease）、 肺癌（lung cancer）以及肋膜間皮癌（mesothelioma）。
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