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Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies
Palm oil is also used in supply chains of popular cereals, candies and ice creams sold by Nestle, Unilever, Kellogg’s, PepsiCo and many other leading food companies.
Author: ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Associated Press
Published: 11:00 AM EST December 29, 2020
Updated: 11:00 AM EST December 29, 2020
WASHINGTON They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a global industry that exploits an army of children.
Olivia Chaffin, a Girl Scout in rural Tennessee, was a top cookie seller in her troop when she first heard rainforests were being destroyed to make way for ever-expanding palm oil plantations. On one of those plantations a continent away, 10-year-old Ima helped harvest the fruit that makes its way into a dizzying array of products sold by leading Western food and cosmetics brands. ....

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