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Month: March 2024

Month: March 2024

CONSUMERS FLEECED BY INACCURATE WEIGHING SCALES

Lai Cheng March 19, 2024 0 Comments
Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cost of Living to conduct checks and take action against wet market traders using inaccurate mechanical weighing scales (with dial indicators on both sides of the machine) to short-weigh consumers. Our recent survey of all the wet markets in Penang showed that some of the weighing scales have their calibration...
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SPORTSMEN FOR A LEAD-SAFE ENVIRONMENT

Lai Cheng March 19, 2024 0 Comments
Lead is a toxic substance commonly found in paints. It can affect people of any age but is especially harmful to children, pregnant women and unborn babies. Due to its toxicity, many countries have banned lead in paint manufacturing, and responsible paint manufacturers have switched to non-lead raw materials to produce lead-safe paints. Awareness is growing on the dangers of lead paints with...
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COCONUT WATER & WATERMELON: Healthy and Hydrating

Lai Cheng March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Need a good thirst quencher? Plain water works best but for a tasty change you may want to try coconut water, or even watermelon. Both are hydrating, and healthy to take too. Coconut water and watermelon are rich in electrolytes. Electrolytes help to keep you hydrated, regulate the body's pH levels, promote sleep, improve mental cognition, and strengthen the immune system (Organic Live Food)....
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Synthetic fertilisers are killing the microorganisms in the soil!

Lai Cheng March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on farmers and consumers to avoid using synthetic fertilisers. It is because they can indeed have negative impacts on soil biodiversity, including the suppression of the activity of beneficial nitrogen-fixing bacteria, thereby negatively affecting the very crops people are trying to plant. While synthetic fertilisers are able to enhance crop...
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UNCLAIMED MONEY – FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY

Lai Cheng March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Do you have any unclaimed money lying around? Homemaker Jessica Lai thought it was a scam when told she could find unclaimed money on the government portal eGUMIS. She tried and found that she could claim RM1,000. “I had never heard of it, and I thought it was a scam,” said the 53-year-old. The eGUMIS portal, launched in 2020, received about 17.2 million visitors as of last March and has...
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WRONG TO APPROVE EIA FOR PENANG HILL CABLE CAR WITHOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Lai Cheng March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) believes that it is wrong for the Director General (DG) of the Department of Environment (DOE) to approve the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Penang Hill Cable Car project without public display and public feedback. This is because, under the Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Order 2015, all activities...
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WHY ALCOHOL IS SO DANGEROUS FOR YOUNG ADULTS’ BRAINS

Lai Cheng March 15, 2024 0 Comments
Alcohol is a toxin. Its dangers span fatal accidents, liver disease, and many kinds of cancer. Even small quantities can be carcinogenic, leading the World Health Organization to declare that "when it comes to alcohol consumption, there is no safe amount that does not affect health". Although beer and wine are commonly seen as safer drinks, as the US guidance states, the type of drink is not the...
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The dangers consumers face with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what to do about it

Lai Cheng March 15, 2024 0 Comments
World Consumer Rights Day is a United Nations accredited campaign that has been celebrated annually on March 15 since 1983; and, this year’s focus is on the theme of “Fair and Responsible AI for Consumers”. This is an apt focus point as Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become extremely pervasive in our lives and our society. The truth is AI has been around for a long time but it is only...
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Time to End ‘Waste Colonialism’ Through a Global Plastics Treaty

Lai Cheng March 14, 2024 0 Comments
Developed countries need to stop exporting their plastic trash to Asian countries under the guise of “recycling.” By Mageswari Sangaralingam The global production and trade of plastic waste have drastically increased over the recent decades. Plastic waste is mostly traded under the banner of plastic “recycling.” This practice of exporting waste from higher-income countries to...
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