PALM OIL PLANTATION IN EXPANSION AND FORESTS AND ANIMALS PAY FOR IT!!!

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About Palm Oil [Reproduced from   http://www.saynotopalmoil.com/palm-oil.php] Palm oil is a type of vegetable oil derived from the palm fruit,  grown on the African oil palm tree. Oil palms are originally from  Western Africa, but can flourish wherever heat and rainfall are  abundant. Today, almost all palm oil is produced in, and  exported from, Indonesia and Malaysia; but most of the time  not using sustainable measures.  Vast areas of pristine rainforest is slashed and burned each  year in order to make way for oil palm plantations. Many  orangutans and other wildlife are killed in the process, so that  this one vegetable oil can be used in many of our everyday  foods and products. This large-scale deforestation is pushing  orangutans to extinction, along with many other native  species of Borneo and Sumatra. [Watch the video above, from Greenpeace] Palm oil is an extremely popular vegetable oil amongst  manufacturers. It is used in over 50% of products, including:  baked goods, confectionery, cosmetics, body products and  cleaning agents. But in many countries, there is no law on the  mandatory labelling of palm oil. Consequently, companies will  usually hide palm oil under the name of 'vegetable oil', or over  170 other names! (See the list of the most common 30 names  below). This is little Jessie, a victim of the illegal pet/zoo trade in South-East Asia.  Photo credit: TRAFFIC Southeast Asia This is little Jessie, a victim of the illegal pet/zoo trade in South-East Asia.  Photo credit: TRAFFIC Southeast Asia 30 NAMES PALM OIL CAN BE LABELLED UNDER Foods, Body Products, Cosmetics & Cleaning Agents: -Vegetable Oil-Vegetable Fat -Sodium Laureth Sulfate (in almost everything that foams) ^-Sodium Lauryl Sulfate ^-Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS or NaDS) ^ -Palm Kernel# -Palm Oil Kernel # -Palm Fruit Oil # -Palmate # -Palmitate # -Palmolein #-Glyceryl Stearate #-Stearic Acid #-Elaeis Guineensis #-Palmitic Acid #-Palm Stearine # -Palmitoyl oxostearamide # -Palmitoyl tetrapeptide-3 #-Steareth -2 *-Steareth -20 * -Sodium Kernelate # -Sodium Palm Kernelate #-Sodium Lauryl Lactylate/Sulphate *-Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate ^-Hyrated Palm Glycerides #-Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylaye ^ -Cetyl Palmitate #-Octyl Palmitate #-Cetyl Alcohol ^-Palmityl Alchohol #                # These ingredients are definitely palm oil or derived from palm oil. * These ingredients are often derived from palm oil, but could be derived from other vegetable oils. ^ These ingredients are either derived from palm oil or coconut oil.