Palm oil has very severe consequences on the environment. Since it's mainly produced in Asia it has quite a carbon footprint, but more than that it is an important cause of deforestation. Huge parts of the rainforest are destroyed to make way to palm plantations. And this has a strong impact on global warming; deforestation is indeed the second main cause to global warming . Destroying the forest means also the destruction of one of the richest habitats on earth regarding living species . And if that was not enough, palm oil is unhealthy and can increase cholesterol. The problem is that it is present in many food products and until now it was not possible to know which product was palm oil free or not (even if "vegetal oil" was suspicious enough). The new palmoil guide launched - in Norway - by Regnskogfondet og Grønn Hverdag makes it easier: http://gronnhverdag.no/nor/Palmeoljeguiden To go further, you can also sign their petition , so t...
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