CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Environmental pollution may be causing the worldwide surge in type 2 diabetes cases, England's Cambridge University researchers said in a new article.High blood levels of POPs, a class of chemicals that includes many pesticides and other toxins, seem to have a relationship with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, the researchers write in a commentary piece appearing in the Jan. 25 issue of the Lancet.
The commentary's authors call for more research into whether POPs can actually cause diabetes, an Environmental New Service release said, because so far nearly all efforts have been focused on the effects of genetics and obesity.
Type 2 diabetes, a condition where the body does not produce enough insulin, is a condition affecting an estimated 171 million people worldwide.
POPs have already been linked with other health problems like cancer and birth defects, and an international agreement banning many of them has been in effect since May 2004.
译文:
环境污染导致糖尿病？！
剑桥，英国，1月27日，(美国)合众国际社--英国剑桥大学研究人员在一篇新的文章中表示环境污染可能引起全世界2型糖尿病病例激增。
血液中含有高浓度的持久性有机污染物（Persistent Organic Pollutants，POPs）--其为一种化学物质包含许多杀虫剂和其他毒素--似乎和罹患2型糖尿病风险上升有关系，研究人员所写的内容在1月25日发行的《柳叶刀》的评论部分刊登。
环境新服务（Environmental New Service, ENN）的一份通讯稿声称，评论作者呼吁更多关于持久性有机污染物是否会真的引起糖尿病的研究，由于迄今为止几乎所有的努力都关注在遗传学和肥胖的结果上。
2型糖尿病指人体内不能产生足够胰岛素的状况，该疾病影响全球约1.71亿人口。
人们已经发现持久性有机污染物和其他健康问题有关，如癌症和先天缺陷，并且自从2004年5月，一项国际协议已经对许多成分的使用颁布禁令。