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CAP does a detailed chemical analysis of the amount of sugar the modern food processing industry dumps into processed foods including cold drinks. Documents the way the excess sugar damages your health.

Designed to make you bitter about the impact of sugar on your health and that of your kids.

There are a number of toxics that make plastic exceedingly inappropriate containers for carrying or storing food. Contains information on which plastics to avoid at all costs.

Parents introduce their children to computers under the assumption that they will learn faster. Wrong. Children learn and retain less with computers than through conventional means.(out of stock)

Parents introduce their children to computers under the assumption that they wil learn faster. Wrong. Children learn and retain less with computers than through conventional means.

A good and lucid primer that explains the key issues in layperson language and takes a clear side against the introduction and consumption of such foods.

Lovely love stories for those want to be touched with the best of all human emotions.

Explains the structure of pyramid schemes and shows why they almost fail, with 96% of investors losing their money.

Discusses the various hidden ingredients in commercially prepared baby foods and recommends your baby is better off without them.

A smart little pocket book that will prove to feeding mothers breastfeeding produces more intelligent (and more pleasant) human beings.

How you can protect yourself against increasing `errors' of the medical profession. A guide for consumers.

Look beautiful, but die painfully is the message of this booklet on modern day cosmetics which are hardly regulated (they do not come under drug controllers) and contain a wide array of toxic chemicals.

More documented dangers and sife effects of cosmetics and other body care products. Also proposes natural remedies for skin, hair and teeth and beauty foods

Salt is used by companies to preserve processed foods, but ends up helping decay of your own body

All the latest data on the safety aspect of mobile phones. Examines the dangers from radiation and long term use.(out of stock)

Never thought that laser eye surgery carried risks and possible side-effects, did you? No technology is clean and hazardless, only less or more so.

For those who have resolutely refused to allow microwave ovens to enter their kitchens, here is confirmation at last they did the right thing. Shows how microwave cooking actually destroys food.

How the car and tyre industry cover up defects in tyres and help cause traffic accidents and death.

Ways in which you can prevent cancer: do exercise, eat natural foods, maintain a positive attitude towards life.

Malnourishment, obesity, osteoporosis, tooth erosion come with soft drinks. This booklet also provides you with recipes if you want something really refreshing.

The routine use of ultrasound is unsound, says this little booklet. Operators are unskilled, there are no strict equipment safety standards. This is a form of energy the newly created baby can do without

This 48 page booklet packs in 50 different reasons why you are letter off without meat. Anyone reading it will say bye bye to meat forever. That's the intention!

Consumer guide booklets brought to you by the Consumers Association of Penang:

Consumer guide booklets brought to you by the Consumers Association of Penang:

Consumer guide booklets brought to you by the Consumers Association of Penang:

The next time you shop for food in the supermarkets, look out for … not food but additives and preservatives.

Find out the tricks used by shopping malls, supermarkets, casinos and advertisers to manipulate you.

The booklet advocates local fruits over imported ones, in terms of nutrition.

The side effects of vaccines that we commonly take.

Lack of sleep is common especially in urban areas. But people do little about it. This booklet explains why we need to be ensure that we get a good night’s sleep at all times.

Mobile phones, telecom towers, computers, TV sets, microwave ovens etc. are daily producing electro-magnetic field radiation. Find out all about it in this booklet.

Teflon, widely used in non-stock pans may be carcinogenic says this booklet. Besides the chemicals in Teflon do not biodegrade – they accumulate in people. Which is why we need to avoid or at least reduce the use of these easy cooking items.

A guide from the Consumers Association of Penang on the causes of obesity and how to fight it.

Sometimes, ill health can be reversed just by eating the right foods. This booklets advises on the nutrients contained in the different common vegetables.

This booklet presents a compilation of adaptation and disaster preparation methods practiced by local communities in South-East Asia to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Caeserian section births pose far more risks to both mothers and babies than regular birthing. What are these complications and why are C-section births rising throughout the world although many of them are entirely needless? This booklet answers all these queries.

Toxic trans fat is made when food manufacturers turn vegetable oils into solid or semi-solid fats.Trans fat allows processed food to have longer shelf life. But studies show that trans fat is more dangerous to health than saturated fat (which was the reason for inventing trans fat in the first place).

Who is happy and who is not? Which societies are happy? And why are people happy or unhappy? This guide reveals the findings of psychologists and social scientists on the secrets to our well being, based on world wide surveys. Among the findings: the level of happiness between the 400 richest men in the USA and the Masai herdsmen in Africa is the same!

Many of us grew up on it . Industry suggests we need it. But half the world’s adults can’t digest it. This booklet tells you the problems and risks associated with consumption of milk.

Monosodium Glutamate, a common additive to prepare tasty meals has been described as a slow public poison due to the damage that it can cause to brain cells. Yet these facts are deliberately hidden by the billion dollar food processing industry. This booklet reveals all.

If you suffer from it you are likely to get diabetes, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure or other diseases. Read and find out how to remain alert to the symptoms.

10 things wrong with modern industrial bread.