Year: 2021

Recently the DG of the Ministry of Health announced the start of clinical trials to study the use and efficacy of ivermectin for high risk Covid-19 patients. The DG added that evidence is inconclusive to recommend routine use of ivermectin for Covid-19 patients and the WHO recommends to use ivermectin in Covid-19 only in clinical trials. On the contrary, there is now a large body of evidence on...

29 June 2021, Quezon City. A groundbreaking Chemical Control Order (CCO) promulgated by the Government of the Philippines banning lead in the manufacture of all paints to prevent children’s and workers’ exposure to this toxic chemical was adjudged one of the five winners for this year’s Future Policy Award (FPA), also known as the “Oscar on best policies.” Other awardees are from...

“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations, that they are individualists, that they have arrived at their opinions as the result of their own thinking—and that it just happens that their ideas are the same as those of the majority.” ― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

The Consumers Association of Penang calls on Malaysians to re-evaluate and change their lifestyle and eating habits as the nation had one of the highest risk factors of developing complications from Covid-19. This is due to the high prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) such as diabetes. The World Health Organisation had stated that patients with cardiovascular disease, chronic...

Available here: https://consumer.org.my/.../cancer-causing-chemicals-in.../ Cosmetics are the least regulated products and contain a wide array of toxic chemicals, many of which are carcinogenic! This guide shows you how to avoid these deadly toxins. Inside this book: > List of cancer-causing chemicals found in different brands and types of cosmetics and daily use products > The different...