Day: March 20, 2024

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) concerning the recent revelation that tobacco and vape industry players had lobbied Members of Parliament (MP) in the Parliament House, defiling its sanctity as a place where laws are to be enacted in the national interest. The tobacco and vape industry had clearly violated the World Health...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has banned the sale and use of Slymchoco or Slymochoco chocolate product found to contain scheduled poison, Sibutramine, a chemical compound that acts as an appetite suppressant. In a statement today, MoH reminded offline and online traders to stop selling the product immediately and contact the nearest District Health Office. It also instructed all advertising...

Top eye surgeons in Britain are warning that soaring numbers of children are in danger of going blind because of too much time staring at mobile phones and too little time outside. British children as young as 4 are wearing special contact lenses to counter the growing problem with doctors increasingly seeing teenagers with the worst possible score for short-sightedness. It is thought that the...