Rio de Janeiro state banned shark meat in 1,200 schools after a
@mongabay.com investigation found 10 Brazilian states procured more than 5,400 tons of shark meat since 2004.
Environmental and health concerns drove the ban.
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Rio de Janeiro State Bans Shark Meat for School Meals After Pulitzer Center Journalists' Investigation
The government of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state has banned shark meat for meals in most of the schools it manages, after pressure from conservationists and school meal advisers raising health and...