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Move Your Body, Sharpen Your Mind

Lai Cheng August 17, 2026 0 Comments
Your brain wasn't designed to sit still for hours. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do isn't another task, another meeting, or another hour at your desk. It's a walk. A 15-min walk can do more for your brain than another hour at the desk. Research shows walking increases blood flow, oxygen, and BDNF - a ptotein that helps grow new brain cells and strengthen memory. It lowers stress...
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IBAS Children’s Champions Award 2026

Lai Cheng August 14, 2026 0 Comments
Last year, news about the contamination of children’s toys in New Zealand and Australia reverberated around the world. Following the discoveries, campaigners in other countries began to look more closely at their supply chains and question whether children’s toys in their countries were similarly contaminated. CAP also raised the same alert in Malaysia. We wrote to the Malaysian authorities...
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CAP Calls for the Removal of Excessively Coloured Papads from the Malaysian Market

Lai Cheng August 13, 2026 0 Comments
The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Health (MOH) to immediately investigate and remove from the Malaysian market any coloured papads found to contain excessive or prohibited artificial colouring agents that may pose a risk to public health. CAP’s call is in view of the recent action taken by the Tamil Nadu Food Safety Department in India, which ordered a ban on...
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61 Organisations Submitted Feedback to the Department of Biosafety Objecting the Field Trial of GMO MR219 Rice

Lai Cheng August 11, 2026 0 Comments
We, representing a coalition of Malaysian organisations and groups comprising farmers, consumers and environmental interests, hereby express our objection to the application by Zen Cropscience Sdn. Bhd. for the release of the genetically modified (GM) rice of the MR219 variety at a confined field trial site in Kampung Kepayang, Perak. We submitted this formal objection to the Director General of...
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CAP Raises Concern Over the Use of Sungai Merbok Mangrove Forest as a Dumping Ground

Lai Cheng August 10, 2026 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Municipal Council of Sungai Petani (MPSPK) and the Forestry Department to conduct an immediate investigation and take prompt enforcement action to address the issue of solid waste dumping at the Sungai Merbok Permanent Reserved Mangrove Forest in Kedah. A survey conducted by CAP along Sungai Merbok found that most of the disposed waste...
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A SIMPLE WAY TO FIGHT URBAN HEAT

Lai Cheng August 7, 2026 0 Comments
Dutch Cities Replace Concrete with Grass-Filled Paving Bricks In the bustling urban landscapes of the Netherlands, a clever architectural shift is turning "concrete jungles" into living tapestries through the use of permeable grass pavers. These are specially designed paving bricks with small openings that allow grass, moss, and other low-growing plants to grow naturally through the pavement....
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THE FOURTH MONKEY

Lai Cheng August 6, 2026 0 Comments
You have heard of the three wise monkeys who see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Now meet the fourth monkey. The fourth monkey embodies the first three in a totally different way. He sees no one, hears no one and speaks to no one. He has his eyes on the phone screen all the time, isolates himself from others, and ignores real living. This satirical meme depicts digital addiction in our...
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How to Stop Cut Fruits from Turning Brown

Lai Cheng August 6, 2026 0 Comments
You cut an apple, a pear, or a banana, walk away for 20 minutes, and come back to find it already turning brown and unappetising. That browning is called enzymatic oxidation – the moment a fruit is cut and its flesh is exposed to oxygen in the air, a chemical reaction begins that changes its colour and starts breaking down its texture. The standard advice is to squeeze lemon juice on the cut...
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CAP’s “Asbestos Awareness” Programme in Island Glades, Penang

Lai Cheng August 6, 2026 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) conducted an asbestos awareness programme in Island Glades, Penang on 19 July 2026. The programme was co-organised with Penang Suya MeiyArivagam, a local NGO. A total of 35 persons, comprising 20 females and 15 males, including nine youths, attended this programme. Four CAP staff and one intern were involved in the programme. The programme started...
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The Link between Colorectal Cancer and Ultra-Processed Food

Lai Cheng August 6, 2026 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls upon consumers to avoid consuming ultra-processed food (UPFs) as there is strong evidence to suggest a relationship between consuming UPFs and colorectal cancer. Ultra-processed foods are high in energy, added sugar, sodium, and unhealthy fats, while being low in fibre, protein, and micronutrients.  One of the most popular UPFs in Malaysia is...
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