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- Are palm oil workers exposed to toxic chemicals?
- Palm oil workers are exposed to air pollution from forest fires, as well as toxic chemicals used in weed killer, pesticides and fertilizer. Workers carry a backpack with a spraying tank holding the chemicals, including Paraquat, a highly toxic chemical banned in the European Union and which Wilmar claims to have phased out in 2012.
- Is the palm oil industry causing human rights violations?
- The palm oil industry is not only a major contributor to climate change but also the stage for persistent human rights violations. These take place on plantations that supply some of the world’s biggest businesses, including well known beauty brands. Unbeknown to many, the consumption of palm oil is a daily practice for most of us.
- Are palm oil workers exploitation and unfairly treated?
- Oppuk: “For many years I have witnessed the exploitation and unfair treatment of palm oil laborers,” said Herwin Nasution, longtime plantation labor organizer and Executive Director of Indonesian labor organization Oppuk.
- What are the long term effects of palm oil production?
- This week we are focusing on the long term impacts of palm oil production, including the effects of tropical deforestation on climate change, toxic waste pollution from processing plants, and forced labor at palm oil plantations. Tropical rainforests are considered natural carbon sinks.
- Is palm oil tainted by human rights abuses?
- Many of the world’s most popular food and household companies are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil, an ingredient that is tainted by shocking human rights abuses.
- Are palm oil workers vulnerable to migrant migration?
- Irregular migration to some palm oil producing countries, as well as unethical and deceptive recruitment of migrant workers have also been flagged as commonplace, exacerbating the vulnerability of labor migrants. The geographic remoteness of palm plantations further heightens workers’ vulnerability.
