BBC听力化妆品的小秘密

化妆品行业是一个不小的产业。它能使即将走出家门、面对世界的人们充满自信。但是，生产化妆品给环境带来了怎样的影响？70%的化妆品中都含有一个重要但备受争议的成分。它是什么？为什么这么有争议？生产这个化妆品成分给环境造成了什么损害？如何减轻这种损害？本期讨论化妆品背后的小秘密。

Vocabulary:make-upandconservation词汇：化妆品和环保

Haveyouevergoneoutwithoutputtingyourfaceon?Whetheritsadashoffoundationora

fullapplicationoflipstick,blusherormascara,manywouldconsidermake-upessentialbeforebeingseen.AccordingtoasurveybyFragranceDirect,aleadingUKbeautyretailer,theaverageUKwomanusestwelvebeautyproductsintheirbeautyregimedaily–thatsapproximately￡spentannually.Butbehindthemonetarycostliesanother,anditsonethatmanyconsumersmaynotknowabout.

70%ofcosmeticsaremanufacturedusingpalmoil–asubstancewhichiscontroversial,and,accordingtomany,environmentallydamaging.Betweenand,oilpalmtreeplantationswereresponsibleforthedeforestationofaround8%oftheworldsforests,accordingtotheBBC.Thisleadstoalossofbiodiversityandhabitatforwildlife–particularlythosealreadyunderthreat,suchastheorangutan.Anddemandforthecropisincreasing.

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