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Palm oil has long been denigrated by its opponents (who were often historically producers of potential alternatives) as being "impure, unhealthy, outright dangerous, and a threat to the environment."4 As with all other agricultural productions in history, palm oil production takes place on formerly "wild" land. Western non governmental organizations (NGOs) such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have been especially active in denouncing the expansion of this industry as the cause of massive deforesta tion and the extermination of charismatic species such as In the meantime, the World Wildlife Fund pub lished its "Palm Oil Buyers' Score Card 2011" which assessed the palm oil buying practices of 132 major retailers and consumer goods manufac Their campaigns have affected many corporate policies.
Palm oil has often been accused of being less healthy than other alter‐ natives. To better understand the issue, however, one must first get
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