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Christine Maccabee the Amazon, Congo, and Borneo, glyphosate residues in bagels, honey,
according to Guardian Sustainable oatmeal, eggs, cookies, flour, beer,
Business News. infant formula, and the chemical
was found in 90 percent of the
Just so you know, palm oil can
On The W ild Side also be found in margarine, some pregnant women tested.”
So, what are we, as consumers,
soaps, and even fuels, so read the
labels if this is a concern of yours. to do, anyway? For me, the answers
Many of us are familiar with are discrimination and action. I
the herbicides and pesticides will be careful to consume as few
that unfortunately are used with chemicals in my food as possible,
abandon on agri-business crops. Of which means mostly buying organic
Consumer P o w er: course, when we buy our food, we foods and growing my own. I also
plan to write to the companies that
never really know what chemicals
were used on/in our purchases, so use them, asking them not to. In
“T hink Glob all y , Ac t Lo call y” my approach to this problem is, other words, I will use consumer
first and foremost, getting accurate power.
information. Did you know that There is an ongoing war against
some commonly used herbicides the health of our planet and our
Some days I go shopping for practices, but the majority have people that must be acknowledged
food, with enough time to look bulldozed close to 70 percent have glyphosate as a primary and regulated.
ingredient? According to a highly
at the ingredients; whereas, other of the rainforests in Indonesia appraised book, White Wash, by I remember the old slogan,
days, I just speed in, get my and Malaysia. Such practices are Carey Gillam, this commonly used “Think Globally, Act Locally,” and
few items, and speed out. I love killing and displacing orangutans, herbicide is carcinogenic (World it still holds true these days as much
the days I have time to be more elephants, and every other wild Health Organization 2015 report). as it did back when. But don’t
discriminate, for, as I take more creature that depends on the In 1974, it was considered a wonder worry, as you go shopping, for you
time to shop, I am giving myself an diversity only a rainforest can weed killer, as “safe as table salt” are in good company. Remember,
education as well. provide. These mega-companies (Monsanto). In her book, Carey we are all in this together and we
This past year, I have been also use lots of toxic chemicals, can all make a difference.
focusing on not buying anything as well as inordinate amounts Gillam writes, “Testing shows
with palm oil in it. Palm oil of precious water, affecting the Christine encourages you to come to the films to be shown during Thurmont’s
production has more than one health of underpaid workers and Fall Environmental Film Series. Watch for the dates and times as advertised
problem associated with it. After surrounding communities, both
four decades of production, a very human and wild. in newspapers and fliers. Thank You. She also invites you to come up to visit
small percentage of palm producers Lately, I have been using my her Sanctuary for Wildlife and Native Plant Preserve, just ten minutes north of
are exploring less damaging consumer power as a modest Thurmont. You can write to her to set up a visit at [email protected].
protest. Sadly, I am no longer able
to eat my favorite fig bars due to
the palm oil ingredient. However,
it is well worth the sacrifice. Some
people might ridicule me, saying
that my boycott of such products
won’t make a difference, but my
values and my determination are
unrelenting.
If more people knew about
this problem, then perhaps the
boycott of palm oil products would
make a difference. However, even
if more sustainable practices are
employed, habitat destruction will
continue. As we all know, rainforest
destruction proceeds at a disturbing
rate, globally. Already, the palm oil
corporation has its eye on forests in
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