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Are you unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the rain forests?

The guilty secrets of palm oil: Are you unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the rain forests?
Does your shopping basket contain KitKat, Hovis, Persil or Flora? If so, you may be contributing to the devastation of the wildlife-rich forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, where orangutans and other species face extinction as their habitat disappears. Continue reading Are you unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the rain forests?

Leading article: An oil shock we cannot ignore

Leading article: An oil shock we cannot ignore

There is no shortage of ways to measure the cost of palm oil. First there is the catastrophic impact on the wildlife of Malaysia and Indonesia, whose rainforests are being cleared to grow the crop. The habitat of endangered species, from orangutans to Sumatran tigers, is being torn down at a terrifying rate to make room for the fertile oil palms.

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Palm oil and climate change

Palm oil and climate change
By James Turner, Greenpeace forests campaigner
Palm oil is an inescapable part of everyday life. As the new research from the Independent shows, it is now virtually impossible to avoid buying products that contain palm oil in every supermarket, chemist and sweet shop in Britain. Considering the fact that this commodity is now one of the most environmentally damaging on earth, this can seem like a gloomy prospect – but there are a few reasons for hope. Continue reading Palm oil and climate change

Palm oil and your health

Palm oil is bad for you and many other people and creatures!

Following on from the evidence of our food Companies using palm oil to a high degree, there is another dimension to this argument. They should be responsible for the palm oil sources, but more than that, they should be responsible for us as consumers – our health!!!

Palm oil is widely used as cooking oil, as an ingredient in margarine, and as a component of many processed foods. It is also an important component of many soaps, washing powders and personal care products, is used to treat Continue reading Palm oil and your health

Top brands – more information on their palm oil use

Household names: Big brands and palm oil

Kellogg’s (US) Uses palm oil in 50 products, mostly cereal bars but also cereals such as Special K and Crunchy Nut, where it binds together clusters. Does not buy sustainable palm oil. Continue reading Top brands – more information on their palm oil use

Seeing palm oil plantations in Sabah, Borneo

palm oil kernel copyright sandra m dean

Seeing palm oil plantations

As we made our way to the Sepilok Jungle Resort, where we stayed that night, the guide showed us some palm kernels – the type which are being grown absolutely everywhere for its oil. Ok, they can make cooking oil, soap and lots of Continue reading Seeing palm oil plantations in Sabah, Borneo

Palm Oil problems – the facts

palm oil - the facts copyright Sandra M Dean

How much do you know about palm oil and how it is killing the orangutans? We are not looking for a boycott of palm oil useage – just a campaign to stop the use of ‘unsustainable palm oil’ for products in our supermarkets and to make biofuels. Sustainable oil plantations are out there and are accessible, so lets do something about it!

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