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Katie Cleary and Peace 4 Animals is issuing a challenge to Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Ralphs along with grocery stores around the country to stop the sale of products containing unsustainable palm oil to save the world’s last orangutans and the rainforest from becoming extinct. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Most people don't know 50% of the products they purchase at their local grocery stores contain palm oil according to The Rainforest Action Network. From shampoo to...

DUBLIN, April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets announces the addition of AOCS Press' book "Palm Oil: Production, Processing, Characterization, and Use" to its catalogue.      (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) This book serves as a rich source of information on the production, processing, characterization and utilization of palm oil and its components. It also includes several topics related to oil palm genomics, tissue culture and genetic...

Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in processed foods, soaps and personal care products, is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study by Yale and Stanford researchers. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows that deforestation for the development of oil palm plantations in Indonesian Borneo is becoming a globally significant source of carbon dioxide emissions. Plantation expansion is...

DALLAS, September 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Global Vegetable Oil Market (Edible & Industrial), by Types, Application, Geography & Extraction Methods - Forecasts up to 2017" defines and segments the global vegetable oil market with analysis and forecasting of the global volume and revenue for major vegetable oils in particular. It also identifies driving and restraining factors for the global vegetable oil market with analysis of trends, opportunities,...