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10 WAYS TO CUT YOUR FOOD’S CARBON FOOTPRINT

Admin May 19, 2022 0 Comments

EAT FOR EARTH (Part 3), last in a 3-part series Food is fundamental to life. But the things we eat are fuelling some of the greatest threats to humanity’s survival. A growing body of evidence has found our industrialised food production systems are a source of pollution, a contributor to climate change and a cause of biodiversity loss. You can help change that, though. The United Nations...

Bees are Nectar of Life: Save Bees for Biodiversity and for Sustenance of Nature

Admin May 19, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has been propagating natural farming practices for the past few years. Realising the danger of pesticide to human health and the environment, CAP has been educating farmers and the general public on the dangers of pesticide, besides recommending and demonstrating safe and productive natural farming practices. Integrated farming is one way of getting...

EAT A CLIMATE-FRIENDLY DIET

Admin May 18, 2022 0 Comments

EAT FOR EARTH (Part 2) The food choices we make every day have a big effect on the environment. Greenhouse gases trap heat and make the planet warmer. These greenhouses gases include nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), which all contribute to climate change and global warming. Livestock – animals raised for meat, dairy, eggs – contribute to the emissions. The main...

WHICH DIET IS BEST for SAVING THE PLANET?

Admin May 17, 2022 0 Comments

EAT FOR EARTH (Part 1) The science tells us we need to slash the meat and dairy to help tackle climate change. Here’s what New Zealand has found. IN A 2020 STUDY, University of Otago researchers developed a New Zealand-specific food emissions database for 346 commonly eaten foods. The database calculated the total emissions for each food and considered each part of the food’s lifecycle, such...

CAP: Do not let the pollution of the Skudai River meet the same fate as the Kim Kim River

Admin May 13, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Johor Department of Environment (DOE) to take stern action under the Environmental Quality Act 1974 against factory operators identified as being involved in the recent pollution of the Skudai River. CAP is concerned with the incident because it not only pollutes the river but can also affect the health of consumers if the problem persists....

Set up a special committee to investigate the alleged grievances of trainee doctors

Admin May 10, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned about the recent report about a Hospital Pulau Pinang houseman who committed suicide, the second case in two years. While healthcare professionals’ psychologically toxic working environment is much highlighted, the investigation of the doctor’s suicide case should be comprehensive as bullying of trainee and junior medical staff may likely...

HOW TO LOWER YOUR RISK OF CANCER

Admin May 9, 2022 0 Comments

THE word “cancer” is enough to strike fear in anyone. There is no cure for the disease. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world, and in Malaysia. About 49,000 people in Malaysia were estimated to be newly-diagnosed with cancer in 2020. And this figure is expected to rise to more than 66,000 new cases annually by 2030. While some cancer risk factors are beyond our control,...

EXERCISE – THE BEST MEDICINE

Admin May 9, 2022 0 Comments

Sitting 1 hour less daily and increasing light physical activity can help prevent Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in just 3 months. This is what a new study in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sports has found. Science has time and again shown that exercise can treat and prevent many disabling diseases, even fatal ones. Some examples: heart disease, cancer, stroke, hypertension,...

Useful Travel Info, Take Note

Admin April 29, 2022 0 Comments

We received information from a traveller who recently came to Malaysia for holiday, that he was asked about the value of the food items he was bringing in. He said that it would be about 2000 Turkish liras/ £100 and the customs officer calculated that to be about RM600.00. The traveller was then informed that each adult was only allowed an allowance of RM150.00 worth of food items into the...

Is Malaysia under siege by food cartels?

Admin April 27, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to make public its investigation into food cartels because their existence in the food distribution system will further jeopardize the country’s food insecurity that we are experiencing for decades. One major setback is that Malaysia is importing nearly 60 per cent of the food it needs, making it highly vulnerable to food shortages...

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