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Month: January 2012

Month: January 2012

Scrap sugar subsidy

admin January 31, 2012 0 Comments
CAP calls upon the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism to immediately stop subsidising the price of sugar. Sugar should be sold at its market price because it is not a basic necessity and its consumption only harms one’s health. Sugar has been linked to over 60 ailments from cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart problems, osteoporosis and kidney problems to asthma and allergies....
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CAP-SAM Written Submission to MOSTI /AELB: Review of the Lynas documents “Radioactive Waste Management Plan” and “Safety Case for Radioactive Wastes Disposal”

admin January 20, 2012 0 Comments
Date:  20 January 2012 Introduction The Lynas Radioactive Waste Management Plan (RWMP) poses more questions about the professionalism, competence and ethics of the entire review and compliance process. The inclusion of controversial provisions inter alia on the reuse and recycling of radioactive wastes; the arbitrary classification of radioactive wastes which radically differs from the latest...
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Check the installation of video screens in road vehicles

admin January 19, 2012 0 Comments
As a road safety measure, the transport authorities should ensure that video screens in road vehicles are installed only for passenger viewing. Drivers should pay full attention to the road and not resort to video entertainment while driving. On 17 Jan 2012 a lorry in Johor was reported to have caused a six-vehicle pile up involving two fatalities. The lorry was installed with a video player and...
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Hazards of low-level radiation

admin January 12, 2012 0 Comments
Below we reproduce Chapter 5 of "Wasted Lives: Radioactive Poisoning in Bukit Merah" for our readers. It shows the many ill-effects of low-level radiation and its impacts on the residents in Bukit Merah. What is frightening about radiation is that you cannot see it, feel it, hear it or taste it. You do not have to get into the area of a radioactive dump, dig the soil, bathe in it, or throw it...
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Malaysia not adhering to international recommendations on Lynas

admin January 11, 2012 0 Comments
The manner in which AELB and Lynas Corporation are conducting public disclosure makes a mockery of international best practices, safety standards and the various International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommendations which the government and Lynas had pledged they will honour. Public Information and disclosure Among the other IAEA recommendations relevant to public disclosure are: Lynas should...
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Lynas TOL public feedback session a mockery

admin January 6, 2012 0 Comments
It is obvious that the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) is not sincere in obtaining public feedback for the application for a temporary operating licence from the rare earth processing company Lynas (M) Sdn Bhd. AELB is making it difficult for the public to access the document that is on display. The document which includes the Radioactive Waste Management Plan is on display in limited...
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