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Essential oils are a popular choice for people keen to remedy a wide variety of ailments, from minor infections to stress. But new data indicate that people are increasingly putting their health at risk when they turn to these fragrant, volatile plant extracts. 人们在治疗各种疾病（如轻微感染、压力大）时喜欢选择精油，但新的数据显示这些芳香的具有挥发性的植物提取物的使用对健康的危害会越来越大。 A new analysis from Australia, based on records from a poisons centre in the state of New South Wales, has revealed an increase in the number of essential oil poisonings in recent years, with more than half of calls to the centre regarding children. 澳大利亚一项新的分析依据新南威尔士州毒药中心的记录发现，近年来精油中毒事件有增加的趋势，该中心接到的来电中一半以上涉及儿童。 University of Sydney researchers identified 4,412 cases of essential oil exposure dating between July 2017 and June 2018, and broke them down into times, type of oil, changes over time, and the characteristics of the affected individual. 悉尼大学研究人员确认了在2017年7月份至2018年6月份之间有4,412例精油接触病例，然后依据时间、精油类型、随时间所产生的变化以及受影响个人的特征进行了分析。 They found that from 2017 to 2017, 1,011 calls were made to the centre by individuals or parents representing a potential poisoning. In 2017 to 2018, that number was up by more than 16 percent, to 1,177 cases. | 
