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Month: July 2023

Month: July 2023

HEALTH MINISTRY REVOKES NOTIFICATION OF 2 COSMETIC PRODUCTS FOUND TO CONTAIN SCHEDULED POISONS

Lai Cheng July 12, 2023 0 Comments
The product notification for Airee Beautycare Night Cream and BL Ledehh Day Cream 1 has been revoked as they were found to contain scheduled poisons and no longer allowed to be sold in Malaysia. Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan in a statement today said Airee Beautycare Night Cream was found to contain mercury, while BL Ledehh Day Cream 1 contained hydroquinone and...
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EAT A RAINBOW

Lai Cheng July 12, 2023 0 Comments
Eat fruits and vegetables of different colours every day. Plants contain different pigments, or phytonutrients, which give them their colour. Different-coloured plants are linked to higher levels of specific nutrients and health benefits. Eating a variety of colours will increase your intake of different nutrients to benefit various areas of your health. (Healthline) Red, orange, yellow, green,...
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Here’s a better way to dispose of used cooking oil

Lai Cheng July 11, 2023 0 Comments
Don’t pour used cooking oil down the drain. Those oils can damage your home’s pipes and build up in municipal sewers. Oil and fats act as a glue, holding assorted sewer detritus together to create fatbergs, causing backups that require costly manual removal. Commercially marketed "oil solidifiers" – or a household substance called stearic acid – can transform the oil into a congealed...
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Rise of the Robots: UN Tries to Tackle ‘Mind-blowing’ Growth of AI

Lai Cheng July 11, 2023 0 Comments
By Robin Millard GENEVA: The mind-blowing growth of artificial intelligence poses many questions that have no answers yet, the United Nations admitted on July 6 at its AI summit, attended by some exceptionally life-like humanoid robots. The UN is aware that AI technology is racing ahead of the capacity to set its boundaries and directions, and so it brought together some of the best minds on...
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WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID E-CIGARETTES

Lai Cheng July 10, 2023 0 Comments
E-cigarettes harm your health in the following ways: > Negative effects on your heart and lungs > Possible injuries, including burns from explosions > Accidental ingestion of e-liquid causing possible poisoning death > Damage to the foetus > Exposure to second-hand emissions with nicotine and other harmful substances Source: World Health Organization  
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NGOs file legal challenge to quash Health Ministry’s reclassification of nicotine

Lai Cheng July 10, 2023 0 Comments
3 NGOs have filed a legal challenge over the Health Ministry's decision to remove nicotine from the list of controlled substances under the Poisons Act 1952. The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control, Malaysian Green Lung Association and Voice of The Children Sdn Bhd filed the leave for judicial review application through Kanesalingam & Co at the High Court on June 30. They named the Health...
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Five tips for living more sustainably

Lai Cheng July 10, 2023 0 Comments
Food loss and waste account for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, humanity produces around 430 million tonnes of plastic a year, two-thirds of which are short-lived products that soon become waste, according to the “Turning off the Tap” report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). By 2040, plastic production could be responsible for 19% of global...
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