Category: Health EN

29 June 2021, Quezon City. A groundbreaking Chemical Control Order (CCO) promulgated by the Government of the Philippines banning lead in the manufacture of all paints to prevent children’s and workers’ exposure to this toxic chemical was adjudged one of the five winners for this year’s Future Policy Award (FPA), also known as the “Oscar on best policies.” Other awardees are from...

“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations, that they are individualists, that they have arrived at their opinions as the result of their own thinking—and that it just happens that their ideas are the same as those of the majority.” ― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

The Consumers Association of Penang calls on Malaysians to re-evaluate and change their lifestyle and eating habits as the nation had one of the highest risk factors of developing complications from Covid-19. This is due to the high prevalence of non-communicable disease (NCD) such as diabetes. The World Health Organisation had stated that patients with cardiovascular disease, chronic...

Available here: https://consumer.org.my/.../cancer-causing-chemicals-in.../ Cosmetics are the least regulated products and contain a wide array of toxic chemicals, many of which are carcinogenic! This guide shows you how to avoid these deadly toxins. Inside this book: > List of cancer-causing chemicals found in different brands and types of cosmetics and daily use products > The different...

The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia (DVS) to activate a surveillance programme to detect, control and prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease (LSD) nationwide. Recently it was reported that LSD which infects the skin of livestock was detected in a cattle farm in Simpang Pulai. LSD is a zoonotic disease (meaning that it cannot infect...

#jangancetuskluster The press statements by YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah Zainudin, Minister of Home Affairs on 29 May 2021 and 3 June 2021 have created the perception among many that the government has decided to launch a plan to arrest and detain undocumented migrants (or illegal immigrants in government lingo) on a massive scale over a short period of time. We, from the various organizations that...

The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia (DVS) to immediately stop the import of live cattle from Thailand. The call is made in response to a local media report from Thailand that there is an outbreak of the lumpy skin disease among cattle pens in the country. According to the report more than 6,700 cows and buffaloes in 35 provinces in Thailand...

In conjunction with this year’s World No Tobacco Day theme “Commit to quit”, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges: > Smokers and vapers quit their habit, not only because of the money they save but also not to jeopardise their health. The people should not let the tobacco industry use them as pawns to advance their business interests. > The government should not entertain...

Thirty years ago the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) made a call to the government to promulgate laws to eliminate lead in paints. Till today, we still find lead in our paints. In 1992, we found seven out of nine enamel paints tested to contain lead above 600 parts per million (ppm). The highest amount of lead in that study was 11,700 ppm. In 2016, a total of 39 samples of enamel...

On 23 May 2021 registration for the second round of opt-in AstraZeneca vaccination began for those aged 60 and above residing in the states of Penang, Johor, Selangor, Sarawak, and the W.P. Kuala Lumpur. This round of volunteer AstraZeneca vaccination seems to have come in a timely manner (even though only strictly for those aged 60 and above, at the moment) as 23 May also marked the highest...