{"id":16693,"date":"2021-07-05T06:39:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=16693"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:00:06","slug":"enviro-ngos-call-for-under-one-nitrate-pollution-limit-for-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/enviro-ngos-call-for-under-one-nitrate-pollution-limit-for-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Enviro NGOs call for \u2018under one\u2019 nitrate pollution limit for water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Four of New Zealand\u2019s leading environmental organisations are urging the Government to defend native species and human health by setting a nitrate pollution limit of under 1mg per litre for waterways.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/one-news\/new-zealand\/environmental-groups-call-slash-nitrate-water-pollution\">Watch Greenpeace campaigner Steve Abel and Dr Tim Chambers on Breakfast TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The nitrate limit will be the key rule for determining the maximum amount of agricultural nitrate pollution allowed in rivers. A nitrate limit was left out of last year\u2019s freshwater standards, in-line with industry demands, but is now being reassessed by the Ministry for the Environment and Minister Parker.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With nitrate pollution &#8211; &quot;It&#39;s chemical companies. There are two fertiliser companies in this country for decades &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RavensdownNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RavensdownNZ<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallanceNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BallanceNZ<\/a> &#8211; who distribute 98% of the synthetic nitrogen fertiliser&#8230; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abelsteve?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abelsteve<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breakfaston1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Breakfaston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnJCampbell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnJCampbell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMtGIgnJzc\">https:\/\/t.co\/IMtGIgnJzc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Greenpeace Aotearoa (@GreenpeaceNZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenpeaceNZ\/status\/1411777202580983809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>The major causes of nitrate pollution are a huge increase in dairy cows and synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use since 1990.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Marnie Prickett of Choose Clean Water says, \u201cForest &amp; Bird, Greenpeace, the Environmental Defence Society, and Choose Clean Water are united in backing the science, which is clear and robust. The absolute maximum nitrate pollution that should be allowed is less than one milligram per litre.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Forest &amp; Bird Freshwater Advocate Annabeth Cohen says \u201cWe all want to be able to look out over our local rivers and see them flourishing with life: full of native fish and insects, and surrounded by bush and birdsong.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand\u2019s four environmental organisations urge the Government to accept the scientific consensus that ecosystem health isn\u2019t possible if nitrate pollution in waterways exceed 1mg\/L.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a conservative standard of freshwater quality, despite what the agri-industry would have New Zealand believe. We need to stay under one, just to ensure the river can support life,\u201d says Ms Cohen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa senior campaigner Steve Abel says, \u201cWith emerging health research showing links between nitrate contamination and health effects, including bowel cancer and premature births, a precautionary approach to human health also depends on nitrate contamination in water being under one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The current health limit of nitrate in drinking water of 11.3 mg\/L is over 10 times higher than 0.87 mg\/L, the nitrate level linked to increased bowel cancer risk in a major Danish study published in 2018.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re part of nature so it makes sense that human and ecosystem health are aligned on acceptable nitrate levels in water. A nitrate limit under 1mg\/L responds to what the science tells us about water that\u2019s safer for rivers and people,\u201d says Mr Abel.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Environmental Defence Society Chief Executive, Gary Taylor says \u201cIt\u2019s important the Government and New Zealand understand that a nitrate concentration of less than 1.0 mg\/L does not mean pristine. It is the environmental bottom line required to prevent periphyton growth which kills off fish and invertebrates in freshwater systems.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry for the Environment itself recommended last year that nitrates not be allowed to exceed 1mg, as did the majority of the Science and Technical Advisory Group that was advising on the Fresh Water Standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Marnie Prickett of Choose Clean Water, says \u201cIt\u2019s not a big ask to set a nitrate limit under one. Many regional councils already manage nitrate pollution to more stringent levels. Horizons Regional Council is managing to 0.44 mg\/L, while Hawkes Bay Regional Council set their limit at 0.8mg\/L.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe Government will fail to meet its own fresh water standards without a nitrogen&nbsp;pollution&nbsp;limit of under one,\u201d says Ms Prickett.<br><br>Most New Zealand rivers have a nitrate pollution reading under one now. 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