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Day: July 15, 2024

Day: July 15, 2024

Troubling Toxics

Lai Cheng July 15, 2024 0 Comments
Many chemicals released throughout the plastics life cycle are hazardous and have been shown to pose threats to human health and the environment, and most of these chemicals are not regulated internationally. How can countries create a Plastics Treaty that protects their people’s health? The IPEN briefing Troubling Toxics discusses approaches in the Plastics Treaty to establish criteria for...
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LRT project set to worsen Penang Island’s road congestion

Lai Cheng July 15, 2024 0 Comments
By Rosli Khan The upcoming “Mutiara line” running within Penang Island will not reduce congestion on the first Penang bridge, the source of the island’s traffic woes. There are no two ways about it. The planned introduction of the elevated light rail transit (LRT) project will only worsen traffic congestion on Penang island. Presently, the first Penang bridge accommodates about 10,000 cars...
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Crack down on the sale of illegal pesticide

Lai Cheng July 15, 2024 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Pesticides Board to immediately crack down on the sale of illegal pesticide in the country. Recently two young boys lost their lives from eating keropok laced with illegal rat poison from China. According to the investigating team from the Ministry of Health they found a packet of rat poison believed to have been placed in a packet of...
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WALK YOUR BACK PAIN AWAY

Lai Cheng July 15, 2024 0 Comments
If you often suffer from back pain, going for a gentle stroll 5 times a week improves the problem, and reduces the chances of it coming back. Low back pain that doesn’t have an obvious cause is a common scourge and around 70% of sufferers will suffer a recurrence within a year – but regular walking seems to be a powerful antidote. Researchers have discovered that people who go for a walk...
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