Category: Health EN

A report revealed a shocking 70 percent of doctors surveyed admitted that they are victims of bullying while serving in the public sector and 17 per cent of them had contemplated suicide. This is unacceptable because it shows how widespread the bullying culture is and its severity. The statistics are worrying because about 75 percent of the doctors responding to a survey conducted by the Doctors...

  The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Health to re-consider its stand not to ban talcum powder and talc based products as new studies have shown that talc is hazardous to health. In a new study, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group and published in the journal Environmental Health Insights, researchers criticise the methods used by the...

OBESITY and weight gain may be a side effect of excessive antibiotic treatment in humans and persistent use of antibiotics in livestock. Some scientists now believe that antibiotics might be fuelling the obesity epidemic by messing with our intestinal bacteria. Modern research indicates that obesity is tied to the composition of our intestinal bacteria and new theories are linking antibiotics to...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) submitted a memorandum dated 8 December 2020 to the Malaysian government calling for promulgation and enforcement of lead paint law. It is widely known that lead has toxic effects on almost all body systems and is especially harmful to children and pregnant women. There is no safe level of lead exposure and hence it is vital to take steps to...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the federal government to exercise greater caution and transparency in proceeding with its purchase of the Pfizer vaccine in an effort to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, as there is a need to ensure that Malaysians are given safe and effective vaccines. We refer to the agreement which the government has signed with Pfizer for the supply of...

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is very concerned about Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on people’s mental health as suicide cases are increasing since the start of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in March 2020. According to media reports, Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) statistics showed that 266 people committed suicide between 18 March and 30 October 2020. Within the same period Covid-19...

  Our concepts of physical and psychological health have become one-sidedly identified with the heroic qualities most valued in our culture: youth, activity, productivity, independence, strength, confidence, and optimism. Advertisements reflect our picture of health as young, white, slim, athletic, and beaming with "the cheerful effervescence of a Bernie Siegel or a Louise Hay," as writer...

The main ingredients of soft drinks are carbonated water, added sugar, caloric sweeteners, artificial colouring and flavours. Total junk that are made of sugar and chemicals. Soft drinks are linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, dental cavities, and lower nutritional benefits. And sugar is linked to 60 diseases. The Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey in 2006 showed that 38% of...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) supports the move by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to ban sundry shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine shops in Kuala Lumpur from selling hard liquor with effect from 30 September 2021. Our support for the introduction of this ban is because of many evidence-based reasons. We urge the government to: > Restrict the number of licenses...