May 2023 – Consumers Association Penang

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“PENANG AS AN AGE-FRIENDLY CITY” SURVEY

Lai Cheng May 31, 2023 0 Comments

The Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society and the Penang Women's Development Corporation are calling on all Penangites to participate in a State Government plan to make Penang an Age-Friendly City. This refers to Penang’s initiative to be an Age-Friendly City for all young, older, and people with disabilities to access outdoor spaces, transportation, housing, social activities, communication,...

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GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY (INC-2) (29 May to 2 June 2023)

Lai Cheng May 31, 2023 0 Comments

Insights on the First Day Talks The first day of the Plastics Treaty Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) has come to an end with a mix of highs and lows. Here are some observations of the first day talks made by Break Free From Plastic (see images). PREVIOUSLY: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which is hosting the talks, released a blueprint for reducing plastic waste by 80% by...

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GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY (INC-2) (29 May to 2 June 2023)

Lai Cheng May 30, 2023 0 Comments

Reject False Solutions & Ineffective Techno-Fixes For the Global #PlasticsTreaty to be effective, the treaty must include legally binding, time-bound, and ambitious targets to scale up reuse, refill, and alternative product delivery systems to accelerate the transition away from single-use plastics. Correspondingly, the treaty must reject false solutions, regrettable substitutes, and...

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GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY (INC-2) (29 May to 2 June 2023)

Lai Cheng May 30, 2023 0 Comments

A Brief Recap of Previous Negotiations The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) for Plastics will take place in Paris, France, from 29 May to 2 June 2023. This United Nations committee will in Paris to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to global plastic pollution. The Committee is charged with developing the first international,...

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We need food, not nicotine addiction

Lai Cheng May 30, 2023 0 Comments

This year’s theme for World No Tobacco Day, ‘We need food, not tobacco’, is relevant to Malaysia although the tobacco farmers began switching over to kenaf cultivation about a decade ago. The tobacco industry is now focused on pushing the highly addictive nicotine as a substitute. Whether people smoke conventional cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), or Heated Tobacco...

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MERCURY IN COSMETICS CAN DAMAGE THE KIDNEYS

Lai Cheng May 30, 2023 0 Comments

Skin-whitening creams with mercury that promise you fair skin and anti-ageing effects have a hidden threat – kidney damage. Using such products can result in renal damage that may require costly medical treatment and hospitalization, cautions the Philippines Ecowaste Coalition in a recent press release. The group cited 2 examples of kidney-damaging mercury-added cosmetics: the Pakistan-made...

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HEALTH BENEFITS OF DECLUTTERING

Lai Cheng May 30, 2023 0 Comments

Tidying up can help you de-stress, gain a sense of control, and improve your state of mind in numerous ways. The process (and results) of putting things in their place can improve your mood and state of mind. If it puts you at ease, it can be an important part of self-care. Decluttering (the process of putting the miscellaneous physical things around you away where they belong) not only makes it...

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WHAT MAKES A GOOD DOCTOR

Lai Cheng May 30, 2023 0 Comments

“A great doctor is more interested in trying to get you off medications than on them. He or she wants to make you healthier overall, not just cure you of whatever problem brought you into the office that day. If doctors would focus on getting patients to eat healthy foods, exercise and quit smoking, it would have a more dramatic effect than all the pills and procedures combined.” – Robert...

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Is recycling creating a toxic chemical problem?

Lai Cheng May 29, 2023 0 Comments

Research just published by the US Environment Protection Agency has found that recycled paper and construction materials “contained greater numbers of chemicals than virgin products”. Some 733 identified chemicals, including flame retardants, solvents and dyes, “had greater occurrence in recycled compared to virgin materials”. The authors of the paper, published in Environmental Science...

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Plant-based diets good for the heart

Lai Cheng May 29, 2023 0 Comments

A review of 4 decades of data – which looked at 30 trials since 1982 and involved nearly 2,400 people from around the world – shows vegetarian and vegan diets cut bad cholesterol by 10%, total cholesterol by 7%, and apolipoprotein B (the main protein in bad cholesterol) by 14%. High levels of bad cholesterol lead to fatty deposits building up in blood vessels, which can eventually cause...

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