Shanghai environmental-protection authorities said a battery factory operated by U.S.-based Johnson Controls Inc. that they ordered to suspend operations last month will remain closed through the end of the year, along with 14 more plants that also use lead.

　　上海市環(huán)保局說，上個(gè)月被勒令暫停運(yùn)營(yíng)的美國(guó)江森自控公司（Johnson Controls Inc.）在滬經(jīng)營(yíng)的一家電池廠與另外14家使用鉛的工廠將關(guān)閉至今年年底。

　　The moves suggest the city is rethinking the balance between economic growth and safety after a series of lead-poisoning scandals around the country.

　　此舉表明在中國(guó)各地發(fā)生一系列鉛中毒丑聞后，上海正在重新思考經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)和安全之間的平衡。

　　The Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau began ordering temporary plant closures last month after routine back-to-school medical tests determined unhealthy levels of lead in the bloodstream of a small number of youngsters -- and sparked a local outcry.

　　Reuters上個(gè)月，上海醫(yī)院內(nèi)一名體內(nèi)血鉛含量超標(biāo)的兒童。上個(gè)月，學(xué)校開學(xué)后例行的體檢發(fā)現(xiàn)一小部分兒童體內(nèi)血鉛含量超標(biāo)，這在上海引發(fā)了強(qiáng)烈抗議。之后上海環(huán)保局勒令上述工廠暫時(shí)關(guān)閉。

　　The agency has stopped short of accusing any manufacturer of illegal lead emissions. It said the closures will give it time to examine the source of the lead poisoning. Anxious Shanghai residents have posted numerous comments of concern on websites like the Twitter-like Weibo service.

　　環(huán)保局未指責(zé)任何制造商有非法排放鉛污染物的行為。環(huán)保局說關(guān)閉工廠將為檢查鉛中毒的來源提供時(shí)間。憂心忡忡的上海居民在微博上發(fā)布了大量表示擔(dān)憂的評(píng)論。

　　“It's encouraging in Shanghai that the government went ahead and shut down these plants,” said Phelim Kine, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, which has studied lead poisoning in China. In June, the New York group published findings that weak government attention has made lead poisoning “among the most common pediatric health problems in China.”

　　對(duì)中國(guó)鉛中毒問題進(jìn)行過研究的人權(quán)觀察組織（Human Rights Watch）高級(jí)研究員凱恩（Phelim Kine）說，上海市政府采取行動(dòng)關(guān)閉這些工廠的舉動(dòng)是令人鼓舞的。今年6月，該組織發(fā)布研究結(jié)果說，政府關(guān)注不足已經(jīng)導(dǎo)致鉛中毒成為中國(guó)最常見的兒科健康問題之一。

　　Mr. Kine applauded Shanghai's decision to sacrifice at least a degree of economic growth that will result from the action while it tries to identify the problem, saying it contrasts with responses elsewhere in China.

　　凱恩說，上海為找到鉛毒來源而采取的關(guān)廠行動(dòng)至少會(huì)在一定程度上犧牲經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)，但這一做法值得贊賞。他說，這與中國(guó)其他地方政府對(duì)這類問題的應(yīng)對(duì)方式形成了鮮明對(duì)比。