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Supermarkets Threatening To Stop Sourcing Products From Brazil

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Some supermarkets threatening to stop sourcing products from Brazil

Lidl and Marks & Spencer are among a group of supermarkets threatening to cease  sourcing products from Brazil.

The sourcing would cease if new laws, threatening the Amazon Rainforest, are implemented.

An open letter to Brazilian politicians raises concerns about allowing private companies to seize public land, which would cause deforestation.

Greenpeace's Paul Morozzo, says industrial meat farming is an issue:

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