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Lawyers: Government can go ahead with the GEG Bill

Lai Cheng November 23, 2023 0 Comments

Despite the Attorney General’s view that the Generational Endgame (GEG) provision in the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 is unconstitutional, the government can still go ahead with the Bill, say lawyers. They say the government is not bound to follow Attorney General Datuk Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh’s view, which sees the age-based prohibition as unconstitutional as...

Rising trend of animal abuse

Lai Cheng November 23, 2023 0 Comments

The alarming trend of animal abuse in the country is of great concern and needs urgent action to stop it. According to Penang Veterinary Services Department chief Dr Saira Banu, cases of cat and dog abuse are on the rise in Penang. Abuse may take many different forms such as beating, scalding, suffocating, bestiality, poisoning, shooting, bashing, starving mutilation, and animal...

Call for anti-smoking Bill gets louder

Lai Cheng November 22, 2023 0 Comments

The call to expedite the anti-smoking Bill has grown in light of the rising trend of teenagers vaping. Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control Council secretary-general Muhammad Sha’ani Abdullah said vape devices are too convenient to be used by the public and called for them to be urgently addressed by passing the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023. “Using a vape device...

Call for more action to address vaping in schools

Lai Cheng November 22, 2023 0 Comments

As advocates maintain their calls for nicotine and vape liquid to be relisted under the Health Ministry’s Poisons List, they are also urging for more action to address vaping in schools. Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim said vaping should be treated similarly to smoking cigarettes in schools. “It is a surprise that although vaping has been in...

Eczema Cream Sold in Malaysia Found to Contain Over 430 Times the Allowed Limits of Arsenic, Singapore Health Authorities Warn

Lai Cheng November 22, 2023 0 Comments

An eczema cream sold on a retail website based in Malaysia was found to have contained more than 430 times the allowed limits of arsenic, and Singapore health authorities have warned users there to see a doctor "as soon as possible". The cream, Euzema Confidence Revival Cream, was among 4 products that were found to contain potent or banned ingredients, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA)...

Penalise those responsible for damaging roads

Lai Cheng November 22, 2023 0 Comments

In early May 2023, a group of lorry owners urged the Transport Ministry to intervene because they claimed that the Road Transport Department (JPJ) was about to forfeit the ownership of their vehicles. They should know better that their vehicles are not supposed to be overloaded under the law which has been around for more than two decades. There are a variety of reasons why a road appears to be...

GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY (INC3)

Lai Cheng November 21, 2023 0 Comments

Efforts to Move Forward Stalled by Fossil Fuel Producers “Despite agreement amongst nearly all states of the urgency to protect human health from toxic chemicals in plastics, major fossil fuel producers stalled efforts to move forward in an efficient manner, claiming that plastics production has nothing to do with plastic pollution.”

Launching of Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency programme at SMK Datuk Hj Mohamed Nor Ahmad

Lai Cheng November 21, 2023 0 Comments

SMK Datuk Haji Mohamed Nur Ahmed organized a Beach Clean Up program at Golden Sand Beach Hotel and invited Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) to conduct an insightful session on Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency. There were 80 students participating in this program. Saraswathi Devi Odian, an education officer who was the speaker for this Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency...

Ultra Processed Foods Aggressively Promoted to Children

Lai Cheng November 21, 2023 0 Comments

A key driver of unhealthy diets among children today is that unhealthy foods and drinks are ever-present and aggressively marketed, a new Australian study has found. Manufacturers are targeting children with marketing techniques on the packaging of unhealthy foods. There is widespread, unregulated use of promotional techniques, like cartoon characters, that directly appeal to children,...

PLASTIC CREDITS – A NEW FORM OF GREENWASHING

Lai Cheng November 18, 2023 0 Comments

The Concept Does Not Reduce Plastic Pollution Plastic credits often amount to corporate greenwashing. They are a flawed tool that won’t help with worldwide pollution from the material, say 2 civil society organisations, Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). Plastic credits, sometimes called offsets, work a bit like the carbon credits that...

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