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US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

by Associated Press
| September 27, 2020 12:03 AM

Lawmakers said Friday that the U.S. government needs to ban the import of products made with child or forced labor after an Associated Press investigation found widespread exploitation in the palm oil industry, from debt bondage to outright slavery.

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