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February 13, 2013
Growing Demand for Palm Oil Drives Malaysia to Employ Child Migrant Workers
Profitable as it is for multi-national companies, palm oil is extracted at a heavy social and...
First featured on PBS NewsHour.
Steve Sapienza exposes the human cost of palm oil, a cheap ingredient used in many processed foods. In Malaysia, the world's second largest exporter of the oil, producers employ child migrant workers to keep up with demand.