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Day: December 23, 2020

CAP: Stop the sale of talc-based products

  The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Health to re-consider its stand not to ban talcum powder and talc based products as new studies have shown that talc is hazardous to health. In a new study, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group and published in the journal Environmental Health Insights, researchers criticise the methods used by the...
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CAP calls on National Biosafety Board not to approve genetically modified products of J101 Alfalfa and MON 15985 cotton

  CAP wrote to the Director-General of the Department of Biosafety in the Ministry of Environment and Water, Malaysia to comment on the application for approval for release of genetically modified products of J101 Alfalfa (Medicago sativa). We also commented on the application for approval for release of genetically modified products of MON 15985 cotton (Gossypium hersitum). We recommended...
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