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Intimidation of Brazil’s enviro scientists, academics, officials on upswing Increasingly, Brazilian environmental researchers, academics and officials appear to be coming under fire for their scientific work or views, sometimes from the Jair Bolsonaro government, but also from anonymous Bolsonaro supporters. Researchers and academics have come under attack for their scientific work on agrochemicals, deforestation and other topics, as well as for their socio-environmental views. Attacks have taken the form of anonymous insults and death threats, gag orders, equipment thefts, and even attempted kidnapping. A range of intimidation is being experienced by officials, including firings and threats of retaliation for institutional criticism at IBAMA, Brazil’s environment agency, ICMBio, the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation overseeing Brazil’s national parks, and FUNAI, the Indigenous affairs agency. ....
PoultryWorld Study finds high rate of resistant Campylobacter in Brazil Researchers from the Pelotas University, in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, have found that 82.2% of Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) shows an increased resistance against at least one antimicrobial agent. The study evaluated the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and its molecular causes, as well the presence of plasmids in C. jejuni in the broiler production chain in Southern Brazil. Although Brazil is the world’s third largest producer of poultry meat and the world’s main exporter, there are few studies regarding antimicrobial resistance in C. jejuni in the country. The bacteria found showed varying levels of resistance to the common antimicrobials used to treat Campylobacter. Photo: Koos Groenewold ....