Carnauba wax, per wikipedia
- comes from the carnauba palm
- Carnauba palm comes from NE brazil
- melting point higher than beeswax. very hard
- beat, refine, bleach (yum) carnauba palm leaves
- used in shoe polish (yum) and candy. and more.
-produced under poor-to-slavery working conditions
- here is an org (industry-based by the looks of it) working on better working conditions for carnauba wax workers: https://uebt.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicia_prunifera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnauba_wax
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