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Month: November 2020

Month: November 2020

CAP: Eating meat brings misery and destroys health and planet earth

admin November 27, 2020 0 Comments
November 25th is observed as Meatless Day worldwide. On this occasion, the Consumers Association of Penang calls on Malaysians to substantially reduce and where possible avoid eating meat for the benefit of our health and environment. Rising prosperity has allowed people throughout the world to eat more meat and Malaysia is no exception. Our per capita consumption of meat has increased from 13.2...
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ALIENATION and DEHUMANISATION in our Society

Admin November 25, 2020 0 Comments
"...Let me right at the outset define what I mean by alienation. It is the cry of men who feel themselves the victims of blind economic forces beyond their control. It's the frustration of ordinary people excluded from the processes of decision-making. The feeling of despair and hopelessness that pervades people who feel with justification that they have no real say in shaping or determining...
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“No Scents Make Good Sense”

Admin November 25, 2020 0 Comments
That is the policy in Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia in Canada, which discourages the wearing of fragranced products in municipal office, libraries, hospitals, classrooms, courts and buses. Most modern perfumes are derived from petroleum, not from natural flowers. And many contain ingredients not listed on the label, including substances that may cause allergic reactions to some people. The...
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The Modern Life

Admin November 25, 2020 0 Comments
  Almost every aspect of modern life is there, both for good and for ill — our sense of speed, drama, and aggression, the worlds of advertising and consumer goods, engineering and mass-manufacture, and the shared experience of moving together through an elaborately signaled landscape.” — J. G. Ballard (in 1971), novelist
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Promptly Identify Cause Of Oil Spill In Penang Waters

Admin November 24, 2020 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) calls on Department of Environment (DOE) and the Penang state authorities to take immediate action to identify the cause of the oil spill that occurred in the waters off Penang Island early this morning. It is estimated that about two kilometres of coastline near the Paramount fishing shed were polluted due to the oil spill. The time and cause of the incident have yet...
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CAP lauds hard liquor ban by DBKL

Admin November 24, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) supports the move by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to ban sundry shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine shops in Kuala Lumpur from selling hard liquor with effect from 30 September 2021. Our support for the introduction of this ban is because of many evidence-based reasons. We urge the government to: > Restrict the number of licenses...
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Antibiotic Resistance Crisis

Admin November 23, 2020 0 Comments
  Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have led to many strains of bacteria that cause illnesses becoming resistant to antibiotics. We may be losing our cures in our battle against the resistant superbugs. Infections which were easily managed before may once again become untreatable and uncontrollable. The superbugs are killing millions of people around the globe. WHAT ARE ANTIBIOTICS...
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GM Mosquitoes: Government is Liable

admin November 20, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are very disturbed and disappointed with the Malaysian government for approving the release of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes for field testing.  The government must be accountable and held liable if anything untoward happens if they proceed with this trial release. We can not comprehend why the Government wants to...
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Nearly one in five Malaysian adults has diabetes

Admin November 19, 2020 0 Comments
SOME 3.6 MILLION MALAYSIANS HAVE DIABETES, the HIGHEST IN ASIA and one of the highest in the world. 1 in 5 Malaysian adults now has the condition, as reported in the National Health and Morbidity Survey. By 2025, close to 1 in 3 adults (7 million, both diagnosed and undiagnosed) are estimated to be affected by diabetes in Malaysia, the Ministry of Health revealed in 2019. CAP’s advice: Protect...
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Monitoring Indoor Mercury Vapour in Hospitals in Indonesia

Admin November 19, 2020 0 Comments
  Krishna Zaki from the Nexus3 Foundation shared his experience with monitoring indoor mercury vapour in hospitals in his community in Indonesia. They used the citizen science approach in this campaign because the citizens, especially healthcare workers, are the people most at risk of being exposed to the harms of mercury-containing devices. He said that these devices are still widely used...
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