Fat Fight Becomes a Rumble in the Jungle - New York Times
"IT all began simply enough, with the food industry exploring palm oil as an alternative to trans fat.
Now, Paul Newman is angry, orangutans are dying and sandwich cookies may never be the same.
Here's where the orangutans come in. Last summer, the Center for Science in the Public Interest issued a report called Cruel Oil. In it, the group said that crucial tracts of tropical rainforest were being destroyed and turned into palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia, which account for more than 80 percent of the production of the world's palm oil.
Orangutans live only in Sumatra and Borneo, and the campaign said they and other endangered animals, including tigers and rhinoceroses, were in danger of 'dying for a cookie.'"
Now, Paul Newman is angry, orangutans are dying and sandwich cookies may never be the same.
Here's where the orangutans come in. Last summer, the Center for Science in the Public Interest issued a report called Cruel Oil. In it, the group said that crucial tracts of tropical rainforest were being destroyed and turned into palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia, which account for more than 80 percent of the production of the world's palm oil.
Orangutans live only in Sumatra and Borneo, and the campaign said they and other endangered animals, including tigers and rhinoceroses, were in danger of 'dying for a cookie.'"
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