You cook in it. You bathe in it. It’s on your skin and in your blood, hiding in your favorite bag of chips, lipstick, chocolate, detergent and cooking oil. I’m talking about palm oil, a simple, ubiquitous ingredient present in most things we consume and put on our skin. In India, it is estimated that 50% of packaged food products, from ice cream to instant ramen, contain palm oil. Yet, chances are...
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