coronavirus pandemic in a Wuhan market in 2019. One of the leading causes of deforestation is the obtaining of palm oil found in palm trees.
This oil is used to produce a huge number of goods including cosmetics, cleaning products and, yes, peanut butter. In fact palm oil can be found in approximately 50% of all packaged household products.The new study, the first to examine the cause-and-effect relationship on a global scale, suggests deforestation due to palm oil plantations increases the likelihood of zoonotic disease transmission because it destroys the habitats of animals such as bats that are known to be carriers of new diseases.