Category: Environment EN

In recent days we have heard the authorities giving contradictory signals regarding the disposal of radioactive wastes from Lynas. According to the Health Minister, Lynas would be told to move the radioactive wastes outside of Kuantan or ship them back to Australia. This was the agreement reached by him and the Ministers of International Trade and Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, and...

Contrary to what Dr Lee Han Lim of IMR has written (‘GM mosquitoes: Procedure strictly complied with’ in The Sun, Feb. 6 , the GM Aedes mosquitoes release was riddled with non-compliance of international biosafety standards, non-transparency, lack of public accountability and lack of proper due process prior to the GM mosquito release. Moreover, recently revealed data shows that survival rate...

The manner in which AELB and Lynas Corporation are conducting public disclosure makes a mockery of international best practices, safety standards and the various International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommendations which the government and Lynas had pledged they will honour. Public Information and disclosure Among the other IAEA recommendations relevant to public disclosure are: Lynas should...

It is obvious that the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) is not sincere in obtaining public feedback for the application for a temporary operating licence from the rare earth processing company Lynas (M) Sdn Bhd. AELB is making it difficult for the public to access the document that is on display. The document which includes the Radioactive Waste Management Plan is on display in limited...

CAP calls upon the government to ban paraquat, the toxic weed killer.  We are concerned to learn that paraquat is being smuggled into the country and it is more toxic as the concentration level of the smuggled weed killer is higher; more than 40 percent. Paraquat is very toxic by inhalation, toxic in contact with skin and if swallowed. The high toxicity and lack of antidote leads to serious ill...

Civil society organisations from Japan, South Korea, Australia and Malaysia called on the Government of Malaysia to stop its nuclear power development plan. The groups said they are convinced beyond doubt that nuclear power has no place in Malaysia’s quest to chart a sustainable energy future. The groups are Friends of the Earth Japan (FOE-Japan), Citizen Nuclear Information Centre, Fukushima...