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New research finds dairy industry making Canterbury water “undrinkable”
Newly published research by Mike Joy et al has found that every litre of dairy milk produced in Canterbury requires up to 11,000 litres of water to dilute the pollution from its production.
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State of Environment report buries dairy’s deadly nitrate harm in endnotes
Greenpeace says the latest State of the Environment report acknowledges that industrial dairy is driving environmental breakdown, but seems to have cut mention of the cancer and preterm birth risks…
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Taumata Arowai water proposals “wolf in sheep’s clothing”
A stoush is brewing between Greenpeace and the Government’s new drinking water regulator Taumata Arowai, who is increasing the permissible amounts of 17 toxins.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa submission on Taumata Arowai Proposed Drinking Water Standards
Everyone should have access to clean and safe drinking water. But instead of protecting drinking water, the Government is proposing an increase of highly toxic substances in drinking water. Here is the Greenpeace submission.
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Government proposing increase of highly toxic substances in drinking water
Greenpeace and the Pesticide Action Network today expressed “outrage” that Taumata Arowai is proposing to increase the permissible amount of 17 toxic chemicals, substances and radioactive materials in New Zealand's drinking water.
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Greenpeace calls on Government to halve the dairy herd
Greenpeace Aotearoa has launched a petition calling on the Government to halve the dairy herd, saying that cow numbers are too high for rivers, the climate and people’s health to sustain.
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Two thirds of tested rural bore water above cancer risk limit for nitrate
68% of bore water samples received were over the 0.87 mg/L limit linked to bowel cancer in a 2018 Danish study.
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Joint NGO Submission on protecting sources of drinking water
Read our submission for the NES submission for the Sources of Human Drinking Water consultation
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Greenpeace to provide free mail-in nitrate water testing
Greenpeace Aotearoa has launched a new mail-in service to test people’s drinking water for nitrate contamination.
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‘Mud farming’ clear evidence of too many cows
Greenpeace Aotearoa is launching a new petition calling for an end to mud farming – intensive winter grazing. The petition comes as new images of cows belly-deep in mud this winter provide…
