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Day: July 15, 2020

From a quote by Oscar Wilde

Fashion is UGLY in many other ways. Environmentally unsustainable, creates waste, obsolescence, climate crisis, microplastics pollution, slave labour and more. Do you want to be part of it? Go instead for sustainability, simplicity, elegance, contentment and long lasting values.
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CAP: Recall winter melon strips from the market

The Consumers Association of Penang calls upon the Ministry of Health to immediately recall winter melon strips from the market. The call is made in response to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) recall of winter melon strips from Malaysia which was found to contain sulphur dioxide that exceeded the maximum limit stated in the Singapore Food Regulations. Winter melon strips are used in the making...
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Enough Sleep

Lack of sleep weakens your immune system, leading to colds, flu or other infection. Studies have shown that even moderate amounts of sleep deprivation reduce the levels of white blood cells and immune system effectiveness. One study showed that if you deprive rats of sleep for only 8 hours and then challenge the body with a foreign substance, the antibody response is weak. Mice deprived of sleep...
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