February 2021 – Page 3 – Consumers Association Penang

We Are Drowning In Waste. ACT NOW

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188 Environmental Groups Call for an End to Single Use Products, as the United Nations Environment Assembly gets set to discuss sustainability. Make “throwaway go away” if you care about the planet, the groups say. February 17, 2021 – As government representatives from 193 member states prepare to discuss “Strengthening Actions for Nature”, 188 environmental groups from around the...

No one is safe unless everyone is safe!

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No one is safe unless everyone is safe! by Third World Network We urge AUSTRALIA not to block the temporary #TRIPSwaiver proposal @wto to ensure greater access to #COVID19 meds and diagnostics. Read the letter here: https://twn.my/.../CSO.../SouthCSOLetterrev_Australia.pdf #NoCovidMonopolies @ScottMorrisonMP @AustraliaUN_GVA @dfat

Set up Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate outflow of illicit money

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Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate why our laws, institutions and authorities have failed to curb illicit money flows, identify their weaknesses, and make recommendations for eliminating the problem. Based on United Nations and International Monetary Fund documents, the Washington-based think tank Global...

Cancel the RM 58 billion reclamation project and SRS’s transport master plan: Adopt cheaper and cleaner alternative transport suggested by civil society

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Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Penang State Government not to commence work on the PSR project as there is an appeal by the fishing community affected by the project against the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report by the Director General of Environmental Quality. The Environmental Quality Act 1974 empowers an aggrieved person to appeal against the...

Stop profiteering from the shortage of computers

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The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to take urgent measures to control the prices of laptops and tablet computers which are desperately needed by students for their online education, which has been badly affected since mid-March 2020. It is the responsibility of the relevant authorities to ensure that there is no profiteering with the surge in demand for these items in...

An Estimated 80-90 Percent Of All Cancers Are Caused By Cancer-causing Agents In The Environment.

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.... Excerpted from CAP GUIDE: Chemical Hazards. Available here:

ENERGY BOOSTERS: Instead of Caffeine

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If you’re looking for safe and effective alternatives to caffeine, forget so-called herbal energisers like guarana, kola nut, yerba mate and ma huang (ephedra). They are nothing more than plant sources of caffeine and other stimulant drugs. They stimulate your central nervous system, resulting in adrenal stress — which in the end, harms you. Avoid energy drinks too as most have...

NOT the REAL THING

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INSTEAD of real fruit, nuts and herbs, the processed food you buy could have the following chemicals as flavourings: > Vanilla — Piperohal (a strong smelling benzene derivative used to kill lice) > Strawberry — Benzyl acetate ( a nitrate-solvent used in making film-splicing cement) > Pineapple — Ethyl acetate (used to clean leather and textiles) > Banana — Amyl acetate (also...

“DEAD River” a LIVING Nightmare

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“DEAD River” a LIVING Nightmare. The 40-year-old Sungai Kereh pig waste pollution issue affects 10,000 residents in the vicinity who have to bear with the nauseating stench, and 2,000 residents who depend on the river as a source of livelihood. See the flyer below for the full details. ..

PREVENT CANCER BEFORE IT STARTS