中国是新鲜及冷冻大蒜的最大出口国，美国则是主要消费国。据香港01网站12月9日报道，有美国参议员最近致信华盛顿，要求调查这些大蒜“对美国国家安全的影响”。有网民对此大惑不解，并认为其“太闲”。

China is the world's biggest exporter of fresh and chilled garlic and the US is a major consumer. A US senator has called for a government investigation into the impact on national security of garlic imports from China.

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报道说，据英国广播公司12月8日报道，美国共和党参议员斯科特致信美国商务部长雷蒙多，称外国大蒜种植方式不卫生，对其品质及安全有忧虑。

Republican Senator Rick Scott has written to the commerce secretary, claiming Chinese garlic is unsafe, citing unsanitary production methods.

报道说，他称有网上视频、烹饪博客和纪录片“详细记录”中国大蒜种植方式，包括“在污水中种植”，因此要求商务部根据法律采取行动，调查特定进口产品对美国安全的影响。

He refers to practices which, he says, have been "well documented" in online videos, cooking blogs and documentaries, including growing garlic in sewage.

报道还说，斯科特一直对华采取强硬立场。

对于斯科特的言论，有网民在美国著名论坛红迪网站留言，“见到是斯科特就不用再看下去了”“哪个共和党傻瓜提出这些意见，原来是斯科特”。

据英国广播公司报道，致力于推动科学大众化及解释科学疑团的加拿大麦吉尔大学科学与社会办公室曾在2017年发表文章称，“没有证据表明污水在中国被用作种植大蒜的肥料”。

The Office for Science and Society at McGill University in Quebec, which attempts to popularise and explain scientific issues, says there is "no evidence" that sewage is used as a fertiliser for growing garlic in China. "In any case, there is no problem with this," an article published by the university in 2017 says.

文章指出：“人类排泄物和动物排泄物一样是有效的肥料。把人类排泄物倒在种植庄稼的田地里听起来并不吸引人，但它比你想象的要安全。”

"Human waste is as effective a fertilizer as is animal waste. Spreading human sewage on fields that grow crops doesn't sound appealing, but it is safer than you might think."

来源：参考消息 BBC

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