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Lead is an Endocrine Disrupting Chemical

Admin April 28, 2021 0 Comments

Lead is a naturally occurring toxic metal. But its widespread use has resulted in extensive environmental contamination, human exposure and significant public health problems in many parts of the world. Some paints contain high level of lead as some paint manufacturers intentionally add one or more leaded compounds to the paint for specific purposes. The leaded compounds most commonly added to...

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Investigate factories operating in Seri Juru Industrial Park, Penang

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Seberang Perai City Council, Department of Environment, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Seberang Perai Tengah District & Land Office to conduct an investigation of the factories operating in the Seri Juru Industrial Park, specifically with regards to their license to operate, the status of land ownership, drainage system and whether the...

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WATER FOR HEALTH: CAP Guide

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Click here to buy CAP BOOKS STOREWIDE PROMOTION 20 Apr-20May 30% discount. Visit the CAP bookshop WATER FOR HEALTH Book size: 140 x 110mm Pages: 68 Heartburn, arthritis asthma, high blood pressure, allergies, migraine headaches, menstrual problems, kidney stones, heart disease, cancer. Are you afflicted by any of these ailments? you’re not sick, you’re just thirsty. The above and many...

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FOR EARTH DAY

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Carry a bag with a call to SAVE PENANG'S HILLS Buy bag here CAP BOOKS STOREWIDE PROMOTION 20 Apr-20May World Book Day is here!! CAP is having a 30% discount of our books in all the different languages Visit the CAP bookshop here

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FOR EARTH DAY

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Wear a statement to SAVE PENANG'S HILLS Buy Tshirt here CAP BOOKS STOREWIDE PROMOTION 20 Apr-20May World Book Day is here!! CAP is having a 30% discount of our books in all the different languages Visit the CAP bookshop here

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Shocking! Ever increasing food wastage during Ramadhan

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The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the people not to waste food because much food goes into the landfill. Studies have shown that food waste increased between 15 to 20 per cent during Ramadhan as compared with an average month. It was reported that in 2018 as much as 20,088 tonnes of food went into the garbage bin nationwide daily during Ramadhan. With that quantity wasted daily...

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CAP BOOKS STOREWIDE PROMOTION

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Buy Book here World Book Day is here!! CAP is having a 30% discount of our books in all the different languages. Visit the CAP bookshop here WHAT'S IN YOUR BREAD? : A CAP Guide Book size: 140 x 110mm Pages: 52 Most of today’s mass-produced foods are seriously depleted of nutrients and are highly chemicalised with additives. Processed foods today are not just more sophisticated versions of the...

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Break Free From Plastic

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Break Free From Plastic There is inequality in how the plastic crisis affects different groups of people. This is apparent in clusters based on race, age, and even sex. Women are likely to be more affected by plastic pollution, according to research by Heinrich Böll HK. In the Plastic Atlas Asia, they write that due to biological differences between males and females. The atlas also shows...

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TREAT EVERY DAY AS EARTH DAY

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It is Earth Day on April 22. It is a day to remember Mother Earth and how we treat her. It is not enough to dedicate one day in a year to remember her if we are to save her. We must remember her every day, and put the environment and ecology at the centre of decision-making, if we are to prevent future calamities that result in catastrophic economic impacts. Once again, Earth Day is happening...

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The inconvenient truth about ‘net zero’ emissions

Admin April 20, 2021 0 Comments

In the international climate discourse, the goal of countries embracing net zero emissions reductions by 2050 has been heralded as showing high ambition. Coming from the highest official in the United Nations, viz. the Secretary-General, António Guterres himself, the general public can be forgiven into thinking that net zero emissions reductions by the world’s major ‘emitters’ will...

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