By Ana Aranha and Luana Rocha - Repórter Brasil/Agência Pública - originally published in Portuguese on 15/04/2019 |
04/02/20
A cocktail of a number of pesticides was found in the drinking water of 1 out of every 4 Brazilian cities between 2014 and 2017. In this period, supply companies in 1,396 municipalities detected the presence of all 27 pesticides which they are obligated to test...
By André Campos |
16/10/19
Large Brazilian meatpacking companies operating in both the domestic and foreign markets buy cattle from ranchers fined in top deforestation areas, which are now at the epicenter of burnings in the Amazon. Fire – one of the stages of deforestation – is used to open...
By Daniel Camargos and André Campos of Repórter Brasil, Dom Phillips of The Guardian, and Andrew Wasley and Alexandra Heal of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism |
16/10/19
A 24.7-million-real fine was not enough for JBS to stop buying cattle from companies that contribute to destroy the Amazon. Despite being punished by Operation Cold Meat for illegal practices in 2017, the company that owns the Friboi, Seara and Swift brands continues...
By André Campos |
16/10/19
The Pão de Açúcar Group suspended meat purchases from two companies (Photo by Zé Gabriel/Greenpeace) Three major supermarket chains bought products from meatpackers whose suppliers include ranchers caught using slave-like labor. These are the Carrefour, Pão de Açúcar...
By Daniel Camargos in Eldorado dos Carajás and André Campos in São Paulo. Photos by João Laet |
30/09/19
Cândido Matias da Silva, 64, proudly shows everything he has planted over the last 11 years on a 30-hectare plot in Eldorado dos Carajás, in the Brazilian state of Pará. He walks through the vegetable gardens and points to sprouts of cale, lettuce, onions and...
by Daniel Camargos |
03/05/19
Eight months after slave labor was discovered at the Cedro II farm in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Starbucks and Nestlé-controlled brand Nespresso — both of whom had quality certified the farm — said they would stop sourcing coffee there. The decision by the...
