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The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, of which the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is a member, welcomes the growing momentum to phase out the use of dental amalgam. The first part of the fourth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP4) which was held online from November 1st ended yesterday. The Minamata Convention requires Parties to phase down the...

On October 7, the Health Minister KhairyJamaluddin announced that Malaysia had signed an agreement to procure 150,000 courses of the drug. However, he refused to reveal the costs involved saying that the government was bound by a confidentiality agreement with the company Merck. If one uses Merck’s publicly announced retail price for Molnupiravir at RM293 per pill (10 pills per course of...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized 24–30 October 2021, as the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week to raise awareness and promote actions to address the health impacts of lead exposure, especially on children, pregnant women and workers. In conjunction with this occasion, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Malaysian government to expedite regulatory...