Category: Environment EN

Humans have a deep connection with nature, and research shows that if we don’t nourish that bond despite our technological advancements, we may be affected in many ways. Spend time in nature if you want to be healthy and feel better for nature energises your mind and body. Research has shown spending 120 minutes a week in nature improves health and well-being. Nature is also a powerful healer....

Plastic is everywhere, from packaging to electronics. While we focus on reducing plastic waste, a silent crisis is unfolding: the chemical exposure faced by plastic waste and recycling workers. A recent study by International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), Plastics Poison the Workplace: Chemical Exposures to Plastic Waste and Recycling Workers, reveals alarming findings about the dangers...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges all parties, both individuals and authorities, to address and immediately put an end to illegal waste disposal, which continues to occur in various locations across the country. Local media reported in May 2024 about illegal waste dumping nationwide, among them was the illegal landfill in Kampung Jimah Lama, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. In...

Today, most modern buildings, homes, and furniture are made primarily from plastics, including plastic appliances; plastic foam mattresses, chairs, and couches covered in plastic fabric; plastic rugs and other furnishings; to plastic flooring, paints, PVC pipes, roofing, siding, and other building materials. Even yards are filled with plastics like synthetic lawns and plastic outdoor furniture....

Plastic has become an integral part of our lives. We see plastic in many of our daily items. As the use of plastics has been growing tremendously over the last few decades, so have the challenges to the environment and public health. Public concern over plastics has been particularly heightened by the increasing presence of plastic waste and plastic raw materials (e.g., resin pellets) in the...

Despite a global ban, Philippines toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition continues to uncover the illegal use of mercury in unauthorised imported products for lightening skin tone and for removing age spots, dark marks, freckles, wrinkles and other dermal problems. This January, which is celebrated as the Zero Waste Month, the group announced the detection of 584 parts per million (ppm) of...