{"id":7611,"date":"2020-02-04T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/health\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:33:49","slug":"health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/health\/","title":{"rendered":"#Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Health\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            We are a part of nature, not separate from it. Our health, and the health of everyone we love, depends on a healthy planet. But industrial agriculture and fossil-fuelled energy systems are poisoning our world and our bodies. But we don\u2019t have to buy it, or pay the price for it. There are clean and healthy alternatives. If we stop governments from colluding with corporations that put their profits before our planet, we can create a healthy future for everyone.\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/04\/0128030f-gp0str1xstreated.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"wp-block-query actions-list p4-query-loop is-custom-layout-actions-list 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href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/tag\/health\/\" rel=\"tag\">Health<\/a><\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n        <h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Title\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/lumsden-water-nitrate-contamination-above-preterm-birth-risk-level\/\" target=\"_self\" >Lumsden water supply nitrate contamination above preterm birth risk level<\/a><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Greenpeace is warning pregnant people against drinking from the Lumsden water supply, which has reached 6.14mg\/L of nitrate contamination. <\/p><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/rmackie\/'>Rhiannon Mackie<\/a><\/span>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-18T14:46:00+12:00\">18 May 2026<\/time><\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-77160 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-greenpeace tag-food-and-farming tag-freshwater tag-health p4-page-type-press-release\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/otautau-bore-water-nitrate-a-potential-preterm-birth-risk-but-town-supply-safe\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Image\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" width=\"2560\" 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<\/div>\n                \n        <h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Title\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/otautau-bore-water-nitrate-a-potential-preterm-birth-risk-but-town-supply-safe\/\" target=\"_self\" >\u014ctautau bore water a potential preterm birth risk, but town supply safe<\/a><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Greenpeace says that while \u014ctautau town water supplies are relatively safe, private bore water tests showed increased nitrate levels. <\/p><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"wp-block-group posts-list-meta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><span class='article-list-item-author'><a data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Author\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" href='https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/author\/rmackie\/'>Rhiannon Mackie<\/a><\/span>\n        <div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-16T20:06:47+12:00\">16 May 2026<\/time><\/div>\n        \n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-77126 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-greenpeace tag-food-and-farming tag-freshwater tag-health p4-page-type-press-release\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/nitrate-in-drinking-water-linked-to-stomach-cancer-risk-new-study\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ga-category=\"Posts List\" data-ga-action=\"Image\" data-ga-label=\"n\/a\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/08\/ba3df7d3-gp1sxs77.jpg\" 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