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By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON
They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a
global industry that exploits an army of children.
Olivia Chaffin, a Girl Scout in rural Tennessee, was a top cookie seller in her troop when she first heard rainforests were being destroyed to make way for ever-expanding palm oil plantations.
Olivia, who earned a badge for selling more than
600 boxes of cookies, had spotted palm oil as an ingredient on the back of one of her packages but was relieved to see a green tree logo next to the words “certified sustainable.” She assumed that meant her ....

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