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Year: 2021

FOR EARTH DAY

Wear a statement to SAVE PENANG'S HILLS Buy Tshirt here CAP BOOKS STOREWIDE PROMOTION 20 Apr-20May World Book Day is here!! CAP is having a 30% discount of our books in all the different languages Visit the CAP bookshop here
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Shocking! Ever increasing food wastage during Ramadhan

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the people not to waste food because much food goes into the landfill. Studies have shown that food waste increased between 15 to 20 per cent during Ramadhan as compared with an average month. It was reported that in 2018 as much as 20,088 tonnes of food went into the garbage bin nationwide daily during Ramadhan. With that quantity wasted daily...
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CAP BOOKS STOREWIDE PROMOTION

Buy Book here World Book Day is here!! CAP is having a 30% discount of our books in all the different languages. Visit the CAP bookshop here WHAT'S IN YOUR BREAD? : A CAP Guide Book size: 140 x 110mm Pages: 52 Most of today’s mass-produced foods are seriously depleted of nutrients and are highly chemicalised with additives. Processed foods today are not just more sophisticated versions of the...
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Break Free From Plastic

Break Free From Plastic There is inequality in how the plastic crisis affects different groups of people. This is apparent in clusters based on race, age, and even sex. Women are likely to be more affected by plastic pollution, according to research by Heinrich Böll HK. In the Plastic Atlas Asia, they write that due to biological differences between males and females. The atlas also shows...
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TREAT EVERY DAY AS EARTH DAY

It is Earth Day on April 22.  It is a day to remember Mother Earth and how we treat her. It is not enough to dedicate one day in a year to remember her if we are to save her. We must remember her every day, and put the environment and ecology at the centre of decision-making, if we are to prevent future calamities that result in catastrophic economic impacts. Once again, Earth Day is happening...
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The inconvenient truth about ‘net zero’ emissions

 In the international climate discourse, the goal of countries embracing net zero emissions reductions by 2050 has been heralded as showing high ambition. Coming from the highest official in the United Nations, viz. the Secretary-General, António Guterres himself, the general public can be forgiven into thinking that net zero emissions reductions by the world’s major ‘emitters’ will...
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Three years is just right

  The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) would like to respond to the letter by Y. S. Chan published in the New Straits Times on 4 April 2021, titled “Fine-tune Consumer Protection Act”. There are a few points that we must refute. Firstly he states that it is not fair that tour agencies have to keep their customers happy three years after the tour has happened. He further states...
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Is Malaysia a dumping ground for unregulated electrical goods?

Thirty-four categories of household electrical products are regulated by Suruhanjaya Tenaga and is therefore mandatory that those products carry SIRIM labels. However, from a recent survey conducted by Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP), it was revealed that the regulations have not been enforced adequately. When a product carries a SIRIM label it means that that product has been tested by...
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The Paraquat Papers: How Syngenta’s bad science helped keep the world’s deadliest weedkiller on the market

Greenpeace & Public Eye’s new investigation, “Paraquat Papers”, reveals how Syngenta (and its predecessor companies) manipulated scientific data to circumvent a ban and keep the deadly weedkiller paraquat on the market for 40 years. The investigation, based on internal documents and testimony from a former Syngenta scientist, further reveals that the company could have actually made...
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AGROECOLOGY – SOLUTION TO A HEALTHY FOOD SYSTEM

Agroecology is the science and practice of applying ecological concepts, principles and knowledge to the study, design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. Instead of relying on synthetic pesticides and fertilisers to control pests and provide the nutrients for crop growth, agroecological farming aims to replace chemicals with biology. Maximum use is made of the beneficial interactions...
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