Dunkelberg H, Grätzel S
Hygiene-Institut, Philospophisches Seminar, Universität Mainz.
Gesundheitswesen. 1994 Mar;56(3):137-42.
In food hygiene, the substances used are evaluated exclusively according to toxicological criteria. As a result of the increasing possibilities of intervention, e.g., by means of hormonal control of life processes, the question is raised as to whether the relationship in health--that of the human being to his environment--may also be affected by the use of substances in a manner other than toxicological. In the case of bovine somatotropin (BST) it is shown that external hormonal control intervenes in the organism's own regulation and correspondingly limits the capability of experiencing nonhuman subjectivity. The resulting health consequences are discussed on the basis of a semiotics of the environment which allocates a sign background to the toxicological process.
在食品卫生领域，所使用的物质仅依据毒理学标准进行评估。由于干预可能性的不断增加，例如通过对生命过程进行激素控制，人们提出了这样一个问题：健康方面的关系——即人类与其环境的关系——是否也可能受到物质使用的影响，且这种影响并非基于毒理学方式。就牛生长激素（BST）而言，研究表明外部激素控制会干预生物体自身的调节，并相应地限制体验非人类主体性的能力。基于一种为毒理学过程赋予符号背景的环境符号学，对由此产生的健康后果进行了讨论。
