Are your crackers causing climate change?
Guess it’s time to take out the magnifying glasses and read the ingredients listing on the cracker box again! Checking for palm oil just could help save the environment, because palm oil, which is a typical ingredient in many processed foods (including crackers AND toothpaste!) is primary culprit. As tropical forests are cleared for palm oil cultivation, carbon is released into the atmosphere. About 10% of the the carbon world-wide can be attributed to tropical deforestation. That’s the equivalent to the annual tailpipe emissions of 600 million average U.S. cars.
