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HEALTH MINISTRY BANS CHOCOLATE PRODUCT CONTAINING SCHEDULED POISON

Lai Cheng March 20, 2024 0 Comments

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...

Too Much Time Staring at Mobile Phones is Putting Children at Risk of Blindness

Lai Cheng March 20, 2024 0 Comments

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...

7 TIPS FOR MANAGING STRESS

Lai Cheng March 20, 2024 0 Comments

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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...

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...

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)....

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...

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...

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...

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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