| The more ..., the more ... | ×èì ..., òèì ... |
| The faster you drive, the more petrol the car uses. | ×èì øâèäøå âè ¿äåòå, òèì á³ëüøå áåíçèíó âèòðà÷ຠàâòîìîá³ëü. |
². Decide which of these statements are true and which are false.
1. Raphael made only one work. It is “Madonna and the Child”. 2. Using massicot was widely spread during the Renaissance period. 3. Scientists have never detected pigments yet. 4. Scientists could see nothing under the layers of paint on the portrait.
²². Answer the following questions.
1. Where is the portrait of Madonna and the Child now? 2. What is massicot? 3. What did the scientists do to detect pigments? 4. What was Raphael and what do you know about him?
Text 20. How Much Arsenic do You Drink?
Active Vocabulary:
| vegan | âåãåòàð³àíñüêèé | tolerance | äîïóñòèìà ê³ëüê³ñòü |
| concern | òóðáîòà | sea-weed | ìîðñüê³ âîäîðîñò³ |
| derived | âèâåäåíèé, âèðîáëåíèé | to exceed | ïåðåâèùóâàòè |
| to investigate | äîñë³äæóâàòè | barley | ÿ÷ì³íü |
| to consume | ñïîæèâàòè | millet | ïðîñî |
| to increase | çðîñòàòè | reduction | çíèæåííÿ |
| conscious | òóðáîòëèâèé | incidence | ÷àñòêà, â³äñîòîê |
| to include | âêëþ÷àòè | cancer | ðàê |
Sex, drugs, rocks, gold, murder, war, mass poisonings, the deaths of Napoleon, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and others are all linked by one element – arsenic! Arsenic has been around since the beginning of time and the word has become a metaphor for poison with associated shock value.
But nowadays Japanese rice-based drinks are becoming a central part of Western diets, such as vegan diets. However, the levels of toxic inorganic arsenic contained in these types of drinks could, in fact, be cause for concern.
High levels of arsenic have recently been found in rice-based food. Now, researchers have found that some drinks and syrups contain high levels of arsenic too. “The rice-derived products we investigated are consumed by millions of people in Japan on a regular basis, and are increasingly becoming an important part of the diet of health conscious consumers in Western countries,” says Signes-Pastor. However, regularly including these types of drinks in the diet could add as much as 23% of the daily tolerance level of arsenic.
Although in isolation this may not seem of massive concern, for people already taking high levels of arsenic from rice and sea-weed based products this could mean exceeding maximum daily tolerance levels.
Similar products derived from barley or millet contain much lower levels of arsenic and could be used as an alternative to the rice based drinks. This could be particularly important for people who already eat a lot of rice and sea-weed products.
The experiments showed that regulations for inorganic arsenic in foodstuffs and non-water drinks should be re-examined. Regulations for arsenic in foodstuffs and non-water drinks may lead to a reduction in the incidence of arsenic-attributable diseases, including various cancers.