That ‘fish’ on the menu? In Brazil’s schools and prisons, it’s often shark

Brazil, the world’s top importer of shark meat, is feeding much of it to preschoolers, hospital patients, military staff, public workers and more via government procurements, Mongabay has found. This influx of shark meat into public buildings is exposing infants and other vulnerable groups to high levels of heavy metals like mercury and arsenic, which … Continue reading That ‘fish’ on the menu? In Brazil’s schools and prisons, it’s often shark