Unpacking the story: Brazil’s hidden shark meat trade

Across Brazil, a toxic secret is being served.
Shark meat contaminated with high levels of heavy metals is ending up in schools, hospitals, and even prisons — quietly putting millions at risk.

In this Mongabay investigation, journalists Karla Mendes and Philip Jacobson uncover how shark meat — long known to carry toxic mercury — slipped into Brazil’s public food supply with almost no oversight. Their reporting exposes major gaps in food safety and government transparency, revealing a hidden public-health crisis affecting the country’s most vulnerable populations: children, pregnant women, and low-income communities.

Read the full investigation: https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/fi...

We had a chance to speak with them during the iMEdD International Journalism Forum in Athens, September 2025.
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