2009-02-12 14:58:49澳肥
[思源翻譯社練習文章] 頭髮可能是暈機的元兇
[Alfred WANG 編譯]
頭髮可能是暈機的元兇
環境衛生專家指出，我們搭飛機做長途航程會暈機，這不是只有頭顱內部的問題，可能也跟頭皮有關。
這樣的說法也許很怪，但這是根據美國與丹麥學者所做的研究，他們創造完全與飛機行駛一模一樣的大氣環境，模仿四小時的長途航行，並以此設立十六項研究目標，發現乘客在高空的環境中，頭髮與皮膚受衣物的化學物質影響，會分泌皮脂，製造疑似使鼻管過敏的複合物，使眼睛與嘴唇乾澀，造成頭痛。這樣引起不適的副作用，是對乙醛類複合物的反應所造成的，與罹患「辦公大樓病症候群徵」的人似乎是同一個元兇。
乘客無法自行停止分泌油脂，以消除刺激因素，因此這些皮脂會在與貼在頭部的座位累積，造成不適。那麼，該怎麼解決呢？專家提供的解答，就是所有超過兩個半小時的航班，飛機務必加裝通風系統，這樣才能除去刺激因子。
然而，這樣的做法對航空業者來說有些昂貴，因此不太可能實行。他們並不太注意乘客是否感到不適和公司營運成本是否受到影響。不過，若機票價格合理，乘客還是願意搭乘的。也許，最廉價的解決之道，就是所有的乘客在搭機之前應該先洗頭，不然就是找毛髮師提供皮脂抑制劑。
皮脂似乎不只會影響毛髮脫落，我們搭飛機的時候，它還會讓我們頭痛，也會讓我們反胃。研究學者以後還會發現什麼事實呢？
以下是原文
AIR SICKNESS MAY ACTUALLY BE HAIR SICKNESS.
That sick feeling you may experience after a long air flight is notjust in your head, but according to some environmental health experts,it may be due to your head-or more precisely, your scalp.
It seems strange but these American and Danish experts conducted a testto prove this theory. They subjected 16 subjects to a four hour mockflight, complete with the kind of elevated ozone levels typically foundin most aircraft. It seems that the interaction of high ozoneconcentration with the secreted sebum from passenger’s hair and skincoupled with various chemicals found in clothing produces a compoundsuspected of irritating nasal passages, drying out eyes and lips, andcausing headaches. The offending byproducts of this interaction belongto the aldehyde family of compounds, which appear to be the sameculprits in workplaces stricken with “sick building syndrome.”
Passengers are unable to stop secreting oils-thus depositing theoffending sebum on headrest and seats, so is there any solution? Theanswer provided by the experts is the importance of equipping theventilation system of all planes that make trips longer than two and ahalf hours with ozone- destroying catalysts.
I find this is unlikely to happen as it could be costly to the airlinesand the carriers are not really concerned if the passengers feel a bitsick, if it affects their bottom line. Alternatively, if the price isright people will still fly regardless. Perhaps a cheaper solution forthe airlines would be to suggest all passengers should shampoo theirhair before their flight and perhaps see their Trichologist about usinga sebum suppressing serum.
It seems sebum is not only linked to different forms of hair loss, butif you fly, it also gives you a headache and makes you feel queasy.Whatever will these researches discover next?
頭髮可能是暈機的元兇
環境衛生專家指出，我們搭飛機做長途航程會暈機，這不是只有頭顱內部的問題，可能也跟頭皮有關。
這樣的說法也許很怪，但這是根據美國與丹麥學者所做的研究，他們創造完全與飛機行駛一模一樣的大氣環境，模仿四小時的長途航行，並以此設立十六項研究目標，發現乘客在高空的環境中，頭髮與皮膚受衣物的化學物質影響，會分泌皮脂，製造疑似使鼻管過敏的複合物，使眼睛與嘴唇乾澀，造成頭痛。這樣引起不適的副作用，是對乙醛類複合物的反應所造成的，與罹患「辦公大樓病症候群徵」的人似乎是同一個元兇。
乘客無法自行停止分泌油脂，以消除刺激因素，因此這些皮脂會在與貼在頭部的座位累積，造成不適。那麼，該怎麼解決呢？專家提供的解答，就是所有超過兩個半小時的航班，飛機務必加裝通風系統，這樣才能除去刺激因子。
然而，這樣的做法對航空業者來說有些昂貴，因此不太可能實行。他們並不太注意乘客是否感到不適和公司營運成本是否受到影響。不過，若機票價格合理，乘客還是願意搭乘的。也許，最廉價的解決之道，就是所有的乘客在搭機之前應該先洗頭，不然就是找毛髮師提供皮脂抑制劑。
皮脂似乎不只會影響毛髮脫落，我們搭飛機的時候，它還會讓我們頭痛，也會讓我們反胃。研究學者以後還會發現什麼事實呢？
以下是原文
AIR SICKNESS MAY ACTUALLY BE HAIR SICKNESS.
That sick feeling you may experience after a long air flight is notjust in your head, but according to some environmental health experts,it may be due to your head-or more precisely, your scalp.
It seems strange but these American and Danish experts conducted a testto prove this theory. They subjected 16 subjects to a four hour mockflight, complete with the kind of elevated ozone levels typically foundin most aircraft. It seems that the interaction of high ozoneconcentration with the secreted sebum from passenger’s hair and skincoupled with various chemicals found in clothing produces a compoundsuspected of irritating nasal passages, drying out eyes and lips, andcausing headaches. The offending byproducts of this interaction belongto the aldehyde family of compounds, which appear to be the sameculprits in workplaces stricken with “sick building syndrome.”
Passengers are unable to stop secreting oils-thus depositing theoffending sebum on headrest and seats, so is there any solution? Theanswer provided by the experts is the importance of equipping theventilation system of all planes that make trips longer than two and ahalf hours with ozone- destroying catalysts.
I find this is unlikely to happen as it could be costly to the airlinesand the carriers are not really concerned if the passengers feel a bitsick, if it affects their bottom line. Alternatively, if the price isright people will still fly regardless. Perhaps a cheaper solution forthe airlines would be to suggest all passengers should shampoo theirhair before their flight and perhaps see their Trichologist about usinga sebum suppressing serum.
It seems sebum is not only linked to different forms of hair loss, butif you fly, it also gives you a headache and makes you feel queasy.Whatever will these researches discover next?