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How ranchers on Brazil's 'Dirty List' bypass forced labor safeguards by selling cattle through intermediaries

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How ranchers on Brazil's 'Dirty List' bypass forced labor safeguards by selling cattle through intermediaries
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Brazil's "Dirty List," a public registry that names employers found to have violated anti-slavery laws, is a key component of the country's efforts to combat forced labor. Major meatpackers in Brazil signed sustainable sourcing commitments promising to not purchase cattle directl

Brazil's "Dirty List," a public registry that names employers found to have violated anti-slavery laws, is a key component of the country's efforts to combat forced labor. Major meatpackers in Brazil signed sustainable sourcing commitments promising to not purchase cattle directly from ranchers on the Dirty List. But new research shows that ranchers have found ways around these restrictions, rerouting cattle through intermediaries and allowing cattle linked to forced labor to remain in domestic and international beef and leather supply chains.

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A 50-year-old mystery of vanishing frogs reveals a hidden killer
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A 50-year-old mystery of vanishing frogs reveals a hidden killer

A nearly 50-year-old mystery involving disappearing frogs in Brazil may finally be solved, with scientists uncovering evidence that a deadly fungus swept through the region and devastated vulnerable species. Remarkably, many frog populations have since rebounded, suggesting they

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