2012 – Page 2 – Consumers Association Penang

Do not let Juru River die from pollution

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CAP urges the concerned authorities to pay serious attention and take effective action to save the Juru River from dying due to pollution. The Juru River in the District of Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) has been threatened by pollution for the past 40 years but till now there is no sign that the pollution has been reduced and the riverine residents here are becoming concerned. CAP’s survey...

CAP calls for a moratorium on import of genetically modified products

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We call on the Malaysian government to impose a moratorium on all Genetically Modified (GM) products imported into the country for food, feed and processing. This call is on the wake of results of a new study which revealed serious health impacts of the widely-used Roundup herbicide and the Roundup tolerant GM maize NK603 (cultivated with or without Roundup). According to the researchers, the...

Issue 42-5 Sept-Oct 2012

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We have stories which you will not find in other papers -- hard-hitting stuff with no holds barred, for we name the brands, companies or people in our exposes, unlike the commercial papers which are dependent on companies for their advertisements or are owned by political parties. You can expect our views and perspectives to be different, for we are on the side of consumers.

AELB must clarify statement on radioactive pendants

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The Atomic Energy Licensing Board’s (AELB) Executive Secretary’s denial about issuing any official statement on the radioactive pendant issue is bemusing to the Consumers Association of Penang. We refer to the press statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the AELB on 19 September 2012, referring to CAP’s press statement wherein CAP had highlighted that the AELB had confirmed its...

September 21st: International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations

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Humankind faces an environmental, economic, and climate crisis that poses a threat to its survival through the continued promotion of monoculture tree plantations. Hence, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang join other organizations worldwide in today’s International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. This is a day for organizations, networks...

Trawler encroachment becoming more serious

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CAP urges the Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia - Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM) to conduct more frequent operations in Penang waters particularly the South West District to control encroachment of trawler boats into inshore fishers zone in the state. The problem of trawler encroachment is becoming more serious and affects more than 2,000 inshore fishers in ten areas...

Harmful radioactive pendants

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In 2010, CAP had raised our concern on the effects of radioactive or scalar energy pendants being sold by direct-sales companies. CAP brought this matter to the attention of the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) after receiving a complaint from a consumer. After conducting tests on the pendants, the AELB earlier this year informed the Ministry of Health that the...

Wild fish victims of aquaculture

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CAP and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are concerned to learn that Malaysia had signed an agreement and institutional cooperation contract with Norway on Regulatory Framework for Aquaculture in Malaysia and to expand Malaysia’s aquaculture industry. Unsustainable aquaculture can devastate marine life and the environment and impact on local people's food and security. The United Nation's Food and...

Forest plantations: Creating green deserts

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The recent article on logging at the Sembrong Forest Reserve in Mersing, Johor highlights the alarming practice of converting forests and land for the development of forest plantations. It is disappointing to learn that the Forestry Department is allowing conversion of forests including permanent reserved forests for development of these forest plantations. Besides Johor, several thousand acres...

Plain packaging laws for cigarettes – Malaysia should emulate Australian move immediately!

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Australia became the first country in the world to introduce plain packaging laws for cigarettes in July 2011. A month before it could even get that Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 legislated, the Asian arm of Philip Morris demanded compensation from Australia. Under the Act which would be implemented throughout Australia by December 2012, cigarette packages would no longer be able to display...

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