Category: Environment EN

Worsening air pollution globally is causing lung cancer rates to rise everywhere. A look at Taiwan, where a majority of new cases affect non-smokers, offers powerful lessons for the rest of the world. Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one US study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8% to 15% over 20 years. A British study found...

For years, the residents of Kuala Langat, Klang and Hulu Selangor, including those from Banting, Jenjarom, Sijangkang, Olak Lempit, Telok Panglima Garang, Pulau Carey, Meru, Kapar, Rasa, and many more, have suffered greatly from pollution by irresponsible illegal waste processing factories and dumpsites. Many waste processing factories, including electronic waste (e-waste), operate in our...

It is indeed deeply regrettable that the Dewan Rakyat quickly passed the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Bill on Thursday, 6 March, despite the raising of many critical issues by several Members of Parliament (MPs), especially from the opposition bench, which did not get meaningful responses. The MPs echoed the concerns raised by NGOs on the Bill’s shortcomings, particularly in...

We, members of Malaysia Stop Waste Trade Coalition, are alarmed by the arguments put forth by “experts” urging Malaysia to allow the importation of electronic waste. The portraits painted of Malaysia’s e-waste landscape and the economics of the global waste trade are partial at best, and outright wrong at worst. Even worse, the narrative included a baseless direct attack on the Department...