Organization · via the Brazilian diplomat
“hides are a by-product of the meat and dairy industries”
leather industry framing
A peer-reviewed recalculation in *ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering* by researchers at Cornell and NYU more than doubles bovine leather's farming-phase emissions once it's treated as a co-product rather than a free byproduct.
In the brief: Study doubles leather's climate footprint, challenging the byproduct defense → Ecotextile News →
“their production does not involve animal cruelty”
French industry framing, via the Brazilian diplomat
Foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese through a tube to enlarge the liver well beyond its natural size; a 2022 EU report called the practice welfare-compliant, but Brazilian campaigners dispute that finding, and Brazil's Congress voted unanimously to ban it anyway.
In the brief: Brazil signs federal foie gras ban into law over French objections → vegconomist the vegan business magazine →
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