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Category: Health EN

GREEN ACTION WEEK 2024 – Demo on How to Prepare Hydrating Foods & Drink

At CAP’s Green Action Week “Cooling Naturally” programme, Tamil Selvi Odian, a housewife from Nibong Tebal, gave a demonstration on how to make 3 types of cooling and healthy recipes: sarsaparilla jelly, radish salad, and ragi yoghurt drink. She explained how these foods and drink help with hydration, reduce internal body heat, and promote overall wellness, especially during hot weather....
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GREEN ACTION WEEK 2024

Good Response to CAP’s Green Action Week Seed-Sharing & Energy-Saving Programme on “Cooling Naturally” Green Action Week (GAW), which takes place between September and November each year, is a global joint action campaign to promote sustainable consumption in communities. In line with GAW 2024’s theme, “Sharing Energy Saving Tips: Cooling Naturally" – CAP hosted an energy-saving...
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4 EASY WAYS TO DRINK MORE WATER

Are you drinking enough water? Our body is composed of about 60% water. Drinking water helps maintain the balance of body fluids. Water is also vital to our health. It’s important for many of our body's functions, including bringing nutrients to cells, getting rid of wastes, protecting joints and organs, and maintaining body temperature. Our body loses fluid through sweat, tears, vomiting,...
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ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE: What Everyone Should Know

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to human health around the world. There are an estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with AMR annually. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists AMR among the top 10 threats for global health. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites do not respond to medicines, leading to infections becoming difficult or impossible to...
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Frequently Asked Questions on Plastics and Chemicals

There is wide agreement that the health and environmental impacts of plastics are a global crisis, but many people still have questions about how to solve the plastics problem. This FAQs answers many of the most common questions around plastics, explaining the basic building blocks of plastics, plastic chemical additives, and how a Plastics Treaty can address the health and environmental threats...
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BANNED: 5 Cosmetic Products Found to Contain Poisons

The Health Ministry has banned the sale of 5 cosmetic products after they were found to contain scheduled poisons. The 5 products are Karisma Aqua Birds Nest, which contains hydroquinone; Skin Revolution – PAP – Blemish Control Serum, which contains clindamycin; Skin Revolution – PAP – Blemish Fade Cream, which contains metronidazole; Ufora Daily Treatment 10g, which contains...
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Thousands of toxins from food packaging found in humans – research

Metals and PFAS linked to serious health issues are among compounds found, highlighting need for further scrutiny More than 3,600 chemicals approved for food contact in packaging, kitchenware or food processing equipment have been found in humans, new peer-reviewed research has found, highlighting a little-regulated exposure risk to toxic substances. The chemicals have been found in human...
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