Palm Oil
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Choice of Halloween candy matters, say experts. Here’s whyAlthough palm oil is used in various products such as plastics, cosmetics and food — including Halloween treats— its production is harmful to the environment and animals.EnvironmentOct 29, 2022
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There’s no evidence that butter is harder due to palm supplements in cow feedThe 'buttergate' controversy started over whether butter is harder at room temperature than it used to be. Stephen LeBlanc traces the story from its start.CommentaryMar 3, 2021
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Dalhousie University professor asking tough questions about hard butterAn agri-food analyst at Dalhousie University believes butter is harder this year because farmers may be adding palm oil to cows' feed to increase production.ConsumerFeb 23, 2021
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Girl Scout cookies linked to child labour in palm oil industryThe AP's investigation into child labour is part of a broader in-depth look at the industry that also exposed rape, forced labour trafficking and slavery.WorldDec 29, 2020
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‘We gave our sweat and blood’: Palm oil workers cite child labour, slavery and rapeAn AP investigation found an invisible workforce consisting of millions of laborers, many of them enduring various forms of exploitation, with the most serious abuses including child labor, outright slavery and allegations of rape.WorldSep 24, 2020
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Endangered orangutan blinded after being shot with 74 air gun pellets in IndonesiaAn X-ray showed at least 74 air gun pellets in her body, including four in her left eye and two in the right.WorldMar 19, 2019
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Nutella-maker fights back after study claims palm oil in spread may cause cancerItalian confectionery firm Ferrero has taken a public stand in defense of an ingredient that some other food companies in the country are boycotting.ConsumerJan 12, 2017
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Guatemala activist killed, day after court ruling on pollution disputeGuatemalan authorities say a social activist has been slain in a remote, rural town in the country's north.WorldSep 18, 2015
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