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British supermarkets are driving rapid destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using meat from farms responsible for illegal deforestation , according to a three-year investigation of the global trade in Brazilian cattle products.

Inquiry highlights concerns over ranching in heartland of Brazil

The result supports what many scientists have long suspected: that modern living has cleaved away large segments of the bacterial population, called the human microbiome, that once lived with and within our ancestors. A better understanding of that deficit could explain and potentially help prevent a host of chronic diseases that are common in Western society, including obesity, asthma, allergies and diabetes.