Non-organic plantation-grown cocoa uses more pesticides per acre than any other crop on Earth. Natural forests, wildlife habitats and biodiversity are all wiped out to make way for the plantations

Traces of lindane and other toxic pesticides, many of which have been banned in Europe, are found in the beans. These damage the health of plantation workers, pollute the atmosphere for thousands of miles around, and end up in northern waters, killing fish, polluting food products and damaging our health

Big cocoa and chocolate producers often only offer independent producers half the world cocoa price, confident that they won't be able to sell their crop to anyone else

Chocolate products very often contain vegetable fat and hydrogenated fat