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Originally Posted by BonBon  I just wanted to highlight this paragraph, as I was thinking in the back of my mind "I don't use palm oil for anything." Now I know better and I'm off to read your links. I had no idea this was happening but I want to see what I can do to help stop it. Those pictures were heartbreaking...  |
Thanks for reading, Bonny!! It is really hard these days to escape this stuff. The fact is that it is a cheap oil and companies use it because....well, because it's a cheap oil! Using it helps the bottom line and I guess they've decided that we can't tell the difference or just don't care.
BTW, fully 85% of palm oil comes from Indonesia. These companies have found the perfect place to exploit....an undeveloped poor nation that can easily be had on the cheap. This palm could be grown in many other places but isn't. It's a cheap oil already and being able to exploit a poor nation only makes it cheaper. This is the face of our 'global economy'.