Guardian: Ford, GM and BMW are sourcing material from Brazil that is driving illegal logging and slave labour, according to campaigners at Greenpeace. Brazil is a major exporter of pig iron, a primary ingredient of steel and cast iron, that is produced using massive quantities of charcoal. Reports over the past decade from the Brazilian government, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and the US Department of Labour have indicated that charcoal used by many pig iron suppliers in the Amazonian...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/17/ford-gm-bmw-logging-brazil
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/5/16/1337190602388/Pig-iron-in-Brazil--Amazo-008.jpg
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