Consumers Association of Penang
GIVING VOICE TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE…SINCE 1970
CAP Fully supports the ban on cigarette sale and smoking in eaterie More than one million of the smokers in Malaysia are under the age of 10, and they emit about 4,000 noxious and cancerous chemicals present in tobacco. Most of the 4.7 million smokers in the country start smoking before the age of 18, …
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Diabetes has become a condition of epidemic proportion worldwide prompting the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) to declare November 14 as World Diabetes Day. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 and 2019 is The Family and Diabetes. Diabetes spares no group — attacking men, women, children, the elderly …
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October 21 – 27 is the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Malaysia lacks a lead paint regulation to protect children. Ethical manufacturers need not wait for government controls before they act. Now is the time to end all manufacture and sale of lead paints
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized October 21-27 2018 as International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) and its main concern is the role of lead exposure in the development of intellectual disability in children. This year WHO is calling on governments, academia, industry and civil society to come out with specific laws to eliminate lead in paint. According …
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How can Malaysia move forward in tandem with other countries when we keep making U-turns in our decisions, the latest being the ban on smoking even having al fresco meals? The government is seen buckling under pressure from certain quarters but it had missed the points of why smoking ban has to be implemented in …
