Making ultra-soft toilet paper requires millions of trees to be cut down, more than half from old or second growth forests.

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This statement is true. Many brands of ultra-soft toilet paper use virgin pulp, which comes from trees that are cut down specifically for that purpose. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, approximately 28,000 trees are cut down every day to manufacture toilet paper used in the United States. A significant portion of these trees come from old or second growth forests.

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