揭秘未解之谜：毒害遗产

起初症状很轻微，你会比平时感觉更疲惫一些，或许还有点健忘。你将其归咎于压力。过了一段时间，你不仅仅是感到疲惫，而是觉得身体不适。很难说清楚是什么原因导致这种感觉。是饮食问题？还是长期未愈的感冒？这一切并非突然发生。基本的日常任务让你感到茫然失措。不知不觉间，情况已全面恶化。但医生的常规检查却显示一切正常。

The symptoms are small at first You feel a little more tired than usual Perhaps a bit forgetful You shrug it off as stress After a while, you feel a little more than tired You feel unwell It's hard to tell what could be making you feel this way Your diet? A long running cold It doesn't happen all at once. Basic tasks are making you feel like you're lost. Before you know it, it's all consuming. But the doctor's standard tests don't show anything.

没人知道发生了什么。在你体内，某种物质一直在积聚。你体内含有有毒的铅，它正在侵蚀你的健康。我是劳拉·休斯。过去两年里，我一直在调查英国与铅之间令人费解的关系。

No one knows what's happening. Inside your body, something has been accumulating. There is toxic lead inside you, and it's poisoning you. My name is Laura Hughes. And for the past two years, I've been uncovering The United Kingdom's perplexing relationship with lead.

我的发现令我震惊。

What I found has shocked me.

我认为最可怕的是，一旦发生这种情况，就没有简单的解决办法。伤害已经造成。

I think the most terrifying thing is is that once it's happened, there's not really an easy route out of it. The damage is done.

持续累积，一点一点，越来越多，伤害逐渐加深，损害不断加剧。

Ticking along, incrementing a little bit, a little bit more, a little bit more, a little more damage, a little more damage.

当你和邻居之类的人谈论时，你会觉得自己像个阴谋论者。他们反应像是：你还在纠结这个？好吧。

And you feel like a conspiracy theorist if you talk to people like neighbors are interested, kind of. And they're like, you're going on about that? Okay.

每个美国儿童都会接受这项检测，为什么英国儿童不这么做？政府连保护公民这一最基本职能都未能履行。如果我报道此事，人们会憎恨我。我的生活将无法继续。我曾极度恐惧会因曝光此事而遭受严厉谴责。

Every American child is tested for this, so why isn't every British child tested for it too? And they're failing at one of the most basic functions of government, which is to protect its citizens. If I report this, people are going to hate me. I won't move on with my life. And I was so petrified of being dragged across the coals for reporting them.

我依然如此。

And I still am.

这里是《金融时报》带来的《不为人知的有毒遗产》。即将播出。

From the Financial Times, this is Untold Toxic Legacy. Coming soon.