Palm oil

Palm oil is a vegetable oil. Natural palm oil is red, but the red part is usually removed before the oil is used. It is made from the fruit of the African Oil Palm tree. Some comes from the American Oil Palm. Palm oil is used in many different products, like ice cream, toothpaste, chocolate, and candy. Most palm oil is made in West Africa and Southeast Asia on plantations.^[1]^[2]Palm oil is criticised for being one of the leading causes of deforestation, and for the use of slavery by many plantation owners to extract palm oil and profit off of it.

References

↑ Iskandar, Muhammad Johan; Baharum, Azizah; Anuar, Farah Hannan; Othaman, Rizafizah (2018-02-01). "Palm oil industry in South East Asia and the effluent treatment technology—A review". Environmental Technology & Innovation. 9: 169–185. doi:10.1016/j.eti.2017.11.003. ISSN 2352-1864.
↑ "Grow but cherish your environment". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-10-31.

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[1] Iskandar, Muhammad Johan; Baharum, Azizah; Anuar, Farah Hannan; Othaman, Rizafizah (2018-02-01). "Palm oil industry in South East Asia and the effluent treatment technology—A review". Environmental Technology & Innovation. 9: 169–185. doi:10.1016/j.eti.2017.11.003. ISSN 2352-1864.

[2] "Grow but cherish your environment". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-10-31.

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