The super-soakers dropping retardant trying to contain this but whoa it's raining down now.

这些“超级水枪”洒下阻燃剂想要控制住形势，哇，它们正往下掉。

Fire retardants are materials that can stop or slow the spread of fires.

防火剂这种物质可以阻止或者减缓火势的蔓延。

They are worried about the possible harm the retardants could cause to aquatic species.

他们担心这两种阻燃剂可能会对水生物种造成伤害。

Or fire retardants are a big problem these days. We're not sure what the problems are.

也许现在阻燃剂也是一个大问题。但是我们不确定是什么问题。

After the water dries up, the retardant keeps working until rain washes it into the ground.

水干涸后，阻燃剂会一直工作，直到雨水把它冲刷到地下。

Helicopters take crews to the scene of wildfires and tankers drop flame retardant from the air.

直升机将人员带到野火现场，灭火飞机从空中投掷阻燃剂。

Planes poured retardant on the fire from above, while firefighters battled the inferno on the ground.

飞机从空中向这场大火倾倒阻燃剂，消防队员则在地面上的火海中搏斗。

Hundreds of firefighters fought the fire on the ground and planes dropped water and retardant from above.

数百名消防队员在地面救火，飞机从空中降下水和阻燃剂。

So really, these flame retardants are never supposed to get into your consumer products, but they are.

所以，这些阻燃剂本不应该出现在你的消费品中，但它们确实出现了。

Tankers whisking above the tree line, dumping retardant by the thousands of gallons to meet the advancing flames.

倾倒机在树木上方呼啸而过，将数千加仑的阻燃剂倾泻下来，以应对不断蔓延的火势。

" First it needs to identify those flame retardants – some of them are toxic, " he says.

“首先，它需要识别那些阻燃剂——其中一些是有毒的，”他说。

He noted that it would take " a lot" of retardant to poison, say, a large body of water.

他指出，要毒害一大片水域，需要“大量”的阻燃剂。

No, actually. There's lots of toxins in all recycled plastic, but we're mostly just talking about flame retardants here.

其实并非如此。所有回收塑料中都含有大量毒素，但我们这里谈论的主要是阻燃剂。

And electronics are imbued, often, with flame retardants.

而电子产品通常都含有阻燃剂。

Okay, so that's the black plastic. It can have flame retardants in it. It might come from e-waste.

好，那是黑色塑料。里面可能含有阻燃剂。它可能来自电子垃圾。

The fire retardant cost those two years reached nearly $200 million.

这两年所使用的阻燃剂的成本达到了近2亿美元。

In 2020, The Forest Service used more than 190 million liters of retardant for the first time.

2020年，美国林业局首次使用了超过1。9亿升的阻燃剂。

And flame retardants are associated with a huge range of health hazards, from cancer, diabetes, thyroid issues.

阻燃剂与一健康危害有关，包括癌症、糖尿病、甲状腺疾病。

Fortress says its retardants are effective and better for the environment than other products.

Fortress公司表示，其生产的阻燃剂比其他产品更有效，更环保。

But two nonprofit groups say both kinds of retardant harm the environment.

但两家非营利组织表示，这两种阻燃剂都会对环造成危害。