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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…
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Food waste and regenerative farming: from rubbish to resource
With lockdown keeping hospitality businesses closed, New Zealanders are cooking and eating at home much more than usual. While in many ways that’s a good thing, unfortunately it also means…
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Clean water for Otago: Greenpeace submission to the Otago Regional Council
Everyone deserves rivers they can swim in and fresh, clean drinking water that won’t make them sick. But to get there we need local and central government making strong plans…
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How food waste can help bring about a healthy farming future
A new report by Greenpeace and The Rubbish Trip details how food and organic waste can be converted to high-quality compost to fuel a shift to regenerative farming.
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Fonterra funded research tries to bury nitrate cancer risk
Greenpeace says research released by ESR and co-funded by dairy giant Fonterra excludes the most at-risk rural communities in its investigation into bowel cancer risk from nitrate in drinking water.
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Backdown on winter grazing rules ‘delaying the inevitable’
Greenpeace is today condemning a Government decision to reverse rules that would protect water by regulating intensive winter grazing.
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Expert review confirms key industry tool doesn’t reliably track water contamination
A new review out today of farm nutrient management system Overseer seriously damns the tool, and shows the model is leading to continued contamination of water and pollution of climate,…
