Brazilian hardwood floors. Can you say “slave labor?” - Click to read blog post
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Do you have Brazilian teakwood floors in your luxury home? How about Brazilian cherry cabinets? Any Brazilian mahogany items? Well, I certainly hope you are enjoying them. They might have come to you at a huge cost… well beyond what you paid for them. There is a good chance that that those exotic hardwoods were harvested by slave labor. Perhaps they were even harvested by child slave labor. But the cost for these materials goes even beyond its toll on slaves or your pocketbook. On average, your Brazilian teakwood floor eliminated 7.5 acres of irreplaceable Amazonian rain forest.
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I've heard that the rain-forest once covered 15% of our forest land it is now 2%. That's pretty drastic. Food for thought. ~Jerry
It's great to see the truth come out from various sources. Most people just don't realize the impact of their choices.
@jerry-Thanks for stopping by. The less trees, the more carbon dioxide in the air.
@joyce-Appreciate your support.
I don't have any idea how much that teak wood cost.
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