2016.09.15 BBC News 僅作個人翻譯練習，侵犯立刪。中秋快樂：）
來源：http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37373414
在一份報告中，瑞士企業被指責其輸出到非洲的柴油，其毒素含量已經超過法規標準。
運動組織公眾面前提到，這些零售商們在開拓中往往采用較低的法規標準。
Vitol, Trafigura, Addax & Oryx and Lynx Energy等投資股東的名字已經被這些燃料零售商們用來命名。
Trafigura和Vitol提到，這個報告是錯誤的。零售商們一直在國內的強制法規下進行活動。
報告中提及的三家銷售公司回應，他們一直遵守市場中的法規要求，但并不會控制更高的硫含量指標。
盡管這的確是在國家政府所限定的范圍內，但柴油燃料排放物中的硫化物會引發各類呼吸道疾病，如哮喘、支氣管炎等，健康專家談到。
一些非洲國家所允許的柴油中硫含量高達百萬分之2000（ppm）,然而這一標準在歐洲僅為10ppm.
根據聯合國環境計劃署的數據，在剛果（布），這一指標在10,000ppm。
但同時環境計劃署正在推進國家以改變他們的標準。在2015年，東非共同體的國家同意將他們的含硫量標準降到50ppm。
Fuel 'too dirty' for Europe sold to Africa
Swiss firms have been criticised in a report for their links to the African trade in diesel with toxin levels that are illegal in Europe.
Campaign group Public Eye says retailers are exploiting weak regulatory standards.
Vitol, Trafigura, Addax & Oryx and Lynx Energy have been named because they are shareholders of the fuel retailers.
Trafigura and Vitol say the report is misconceived and retailers work within legal limits enforced in the countries.
Three of the distribution companies mentioned in the report have responded by saying that they meet the regulatory requirements of the market and have no vested interest in keeping sulphur levels higher than they need to be.
Although this is within the limits set by national governments, the sulphur contained in the fumes from the diesel fuel could increase respiratory illnesses like asthma and bronchitis in affected countries, health experts say.
Several African countries allow diesel to have a sulphur content of more than 2,000 parts per million (ppm), whereas the European standard is less than 10ppm.
In Congo-Brazzaville, for example, the legal limit is 10,000ppm, according to figures from the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep).
But Unep is working with countries to get the regulations changed and in 2015 the nations of the East African Community agreed to lower their limits for the maximum sulphur content to 50ppm.
