Until about 1902, legal food preservatives included chemicals like formaldehyde, borax and copper sulfate.

在1902以前合法的食品添加剂还包括甲醛，硼砂和硫酸铜。

Borax and formaldehyde were packed with meat to make it appear fresher.

硼砂和甲醛添加到肉里可以让肉看起来很。

This ultimately led to the creation of the FDA. So, thanks, Dr. Wylie, our food is so much better without all that borax.

这最终导致了FDA的产。所以谢谢他们的努力。威利博士，没有添加硼砂的食物比以前好得多。

Compounds of boron feature in washing powders and cleaning products (" borax" ), antiseptics and water softeners, and also as additives in fibreglass, but such roles are humdrum.

硼化合物用在洗衣粉和清洁产品(“硼砂”)、防腐剂和水软化剂中，也可作为添加剂的玻璃纤维，但这些作用是单调的。

Their studies helped determine that while compounds like borax, hydrated sodium borate, are effective at cleaning, adding minerals to the soil, repealing pests and manufacturing glass and porcelain, they`re less savory as a food preservative.

他们的研究结果显示，尽管硼砂和水合硼酸钠这样的复合物在，清洁，给土壤增肥，驱除害虫，制作玻璃和陶瓷方面有很好的效果，但是作为食品添加剂还是不妥的。