Greenpeace is redoubling calls for government action to cut synthetic nitrogen fertiliser following two days of drinking water testing in Canterbury, which confirmed that nitrate contamination in drinking water is worsening. Greenpeace tested 225 water .
Greenpeace says recent research into the link between adverse birth outcomes and nitrate contamination of drinking water should compel the government to take immediate action to cut sources of nitrate pollution, including synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says the new research adds to the body of evidence that shows nitrate contamination of drinking water from intensive dairying is a seeping health threat, affecting babies in utero and associated with cancer in adults.
“We already know that synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is killing our rivers and intensifying climate damage. It’s increasingly clear that the favourite chemical of intensive dairying is making people sick,” says Abel.
Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing this coming weekend, to enable Canterbury households to check their bore water for nitrate contamination
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Greenpeace says recent research into the link between adverse birth outcomes and nitrate contamination of drinking water should compel the government to take immediate action to cut sources of nitrate pollution, including synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says the new research adds to the body of evidence that shows nitrate contamination of drinking water from intensive dairying is a seeping health threat, affecting babies in utero and associated with cancer in adults. We already know that synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is killing our rivers and intensifying climate damage. It s increasingly clear that the favourite chemical of intensive dairying is making people sick, says Abel.