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Day: November 25, 2015

Day: November 25, 2015

Securing our food security without GM crops

admin November 25, 2015 0 Comments
We wish to respond to the article "Securing our food supply with GM crops" by Dr. Hoe-Han Goh published in the New Straits Times on 14 November 2015. Dr. Goh extolled the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops in several countries, but his article failed to provide the full picture and we seek to address this important gap. In the case of India, after 10 years of Bt cotton (a GM cotton)...
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Avoid meat to save ourselves and planet earth

admin November 25, 2015 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang calls on consumers to avoid eating meat for the benefit of our health and environment. A latest study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found "sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of meat especially processed meat causes colorectal cancer." The category includes meat that has been salted, cured, fermented or smoked – hot...
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