Why?
Palm oil production is the largest cause of deforestation in Southeast Asia. That's a problem for 3 reasons:
1) deforestation increases the amount of CO2 released into the atmospehere because there are less trees to absorb it,
2) it is destroying orangutans' habitat and biodiversity,
3) it is high in saturated fats which is not good for our cardiovascular health.
How?
The problem is that palm oil is in almost everything we buy. From biscuits, to washing products, to make-up. Ew. Luckily, we can use tools like Palm Oil Checker to search for products without palm oil.