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Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry Rife With Human-Rights Abuses
2013-07-24 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: What kind of oil should we buy? Luo Xiaohua shouts to her cousin from the cooking oil aisle in Yonghui Supermarket in the heart of Chongqing, a rising Chinese megacity. Luo, 50, is the quintessential Chinese shopper. She earns $3,250 a year and has an elementary education. Shes fiercely opinionated about her purchases. Luo stands before amber-hued bottles loaded with a commodity that fuels Chinas and Indias growing consumer classes. From what I understand, all of these brands contain palm...
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