WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STOP SMOKING?
The longer you stay away from tobacco, the healthier you get. Check out the infographic below. Source: WHO, Western Pacific
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5 WAYS TO USE FOOD SCRAPS
Looking to make your groceries stretch a little farther? Here are 5 ways to use food scraps.
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CAP Submits Memorandum Calling for Outright Ban on Asbestos
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister and relevant Ministries and agencies on 22 July 2024, renewing our call for an outright ban on all forms of asbestos. CAP made a similar call to ban asbestos through a memorandum submitted in May 2001 and subsequent demands via letters, discussions and consultations with various authorities. Asbestos is a...
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SWITCH TO HEALTHIER FOODS TO PREVENT DISEASE
Are your daily foods high in sugar, unhealthy fats, and refined carbohydrates? These may harm your health if eaten regularly and lead to some chronic health conditions. Such foods are also inappropriate for people with diabetes, or heart and weight problems. Why not swap less healthy food and cooking ingredients with more nutritious and wholesome alternatives? This can give you fewer calories,...
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3 INTERESTING SEAWEED FACTS
Our oceans provide us with more than just fish to eat. There are many other nutritious and delicious aquatic products that come from our seas – take seaweed for instance! Did you know these 3 facts about seaweed? Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
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THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE
Love springs from within you. It's what connects us to the Universe, to each other, and to the natural world. Love is like gravity, an invisible field that flows and joins living beings together, teaching a creative wisdom and compassionate appreciation for all life. Love holds no expectations, no judgment. It cannot be bought, sold, possessed or monetised. Love's doorway to this world is an...
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Roadkill Incidents in Malaysia: A Call to Action for Wildlife Protection
Roadkill incidents in Malaysia have become increasingly common, prompting the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) to urge the relevant authorities, including the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, the Wildlife Department (PERHILITAN), and the highway authorities, to tackle this issue. The 2022 Auditor-General's Report reported a total of 2,562 incidents of...
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WHOSE MOTHER?
A good reminder. Don’t shun your parents when they’re old or infirm and need a home to stay – close to their children. They didn’t leave you when you were young. So don’t leave them when they are old.
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THEY PLANTED 2 MILLION TREES … AND RESTORED A DESTROYED FOREST
If you feel disempowered and don’t believe that what you do will make a difference in this world, this story will inspire you. A couple in Brazil helped breathe new life into the world’s lungs by restoring an entire forest that had been wiped out by deforestation. With the help of many, they planted 2.7 million trees over 20 years, completely transforming the environment back into its...
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