{"id":51679,"date":"2022-04-14T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=51679"},"modified":"2024-07-12T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T23:55:24","slug":"state-of-environment-report-buries-dairys-deadly-nitrate-harm-in-endnotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/state-of-environment-report-buries-dairys-deadly-nitrate-harm-in-endnotes\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Environment report buries dairy\u2019s deadly nitrate harm in endnotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace says the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/environment.govt.nz\/publications\/environment-aotearoa-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State of the Environment report<\/a> acknowledges that industrial dairy is driving environmental breakdown, but seems to have cut mention of the cancer and preterm birth risks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/nitrate-contamination-and-drinking-water\/\">nitrate contaminated drinking water<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Senior Campaigner Steve Abel says \u201cThe State of the Environment report acknowledges that excessive fertiliser use, dairy intensification and industrial irrigation are killing rivers, intensifying climate disasters and impacting people\u2019s health &#8211; but fails to detail the risk of cancer and preterm birth from nitrate contamination.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe dairy industry has been telling us they\u2019re cleaning up their act, but the environmental data shows the biggest degradations in rivers, climate, soil, marine coastal areas and drinking water are being caused by industrial dairy and synthetic nitrogen fertiliser,\u201d says Abel.<\/p>\n\n<p>The report acknowledges the human health impacts of dairy-polluted rivers on drinking water, and points to worsening access to safe drinking water and worsening nitrate contamination risking blue baby syndrome. Yet studies also linking nitrate in drinking water to increased risk of colorectal cancer and preterm birth appear only as unlinked \u201cghost\u201d endnotes that imply a gap in the body of the report.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe have to wonder whether the risks of cancer and foetal harm from nitrate-contaminated drinking water have been cut from an earlier draft of the report that was more upfront about the dangers,\u201d says Abel.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s the case, it remains a frustration that New Zealand\u2019s key environmental report continues to tiptoe around the deadly impact of industrial dairy and fertiliser and fails the 800,000 New Zealanders &#8211; mainly rural people &#8211; whose health is at risk from nitrate contamination.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>One of the Endnoted studies (Richards J, Chambers et al) warns that 100 cases of colorectal cancer and 40 deaths per year in New Zealand could be attributable to nitrate in drinking water.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAnother glaring omission is the fact that most nitrate leachate is from livestock urine &#8211; some 80% of it &#8211; yet the word urine doesn\u2019t appear once, and infographics wrongly implicate cropping as the main source of nutrient leachate.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The word urine &#8211; in reference to livestock excreta &#8211; appeared 8 times in the 2019 Environment report which more clearly stated its contribution to leached nutrient pollution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace supports the inclusion of te Ao M\u0101ori perspectives on te Taiao, which include the reflections of Dr Jessica Hutchings (Ng\u0101i Tahu, Gujarati) who says we need to understand soil \u201cas a living entity and enhance its mauri by protecting and growing its microbial diversity and structure.\u201d Hutchings says that personhood status should be afforded to soil \u201cto change the way we think about soils and to restore their immeasurable value.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The report addresses soil degradation and soil compaction, due to \u201clarge numbers of livestock per hectare,\u201d as a threat to healthy food production and the environment.<\/p>\n\n<p>The report also points to the \u201cmajor problem\u201d of plastic pollution accumulating in the environment and the \u201cbodies of many animals,\u201d and the far reaching destructive impact of bottom trawling: \u201cSeabed trawling is a fishing practice that damages the seabed and its habitats. Even after trawling stops, ecosystems can remain damaged and show few signs of recovery for long periods of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>While understated, the factual content of the report is powerful supporting evidence for Greenpeace and the environment movement\u2019s calls on the Government to cut synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, reduce the dairy herd, and ban plastic bottles and ocean bottom trawling.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe stats are in &#8211; it\u2019s long overdue that the Government take decisive action to ensure the viability of life for all species, including our own,\u201d says Abel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Ghosted endnotes on drinking water nitrate contamination, preterm birth and cancer that imply passages of the report were removed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Coffman VR, Jensen AS, Trabjerg BB, Pedersen CB, Hansen B, Sigsgaard T, Olsen J, Schaumburg I, Schullehner J, Pedersen M, &amp; Stayner LT. (2021). Prenatal exposure to nitrate from drinking water and markers of fetal growth restriction: A population-based study of nearly one million danish-born children. Environmental Health Perspectives, 129(2), 1\u201311. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1289\/EHP7331\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1289\/EHP7331<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Hosseini F, Majdi M, Naghshi S, Sheikhhossein F, Djafarian K, &amp; Shab-Bidar S. (2021). Nitrate-nitrite exposure through drinking water and diet and risk of colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Clinical Nutrition, 40(5), 3073\u20133081. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.clnu.2020.11.010\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.clnu.2020.11.010<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Richards J, Chambers T, Hales S, Joy M, Radu T, Woodward A, Humphrey A, Randal E, &amp; Baker MG. (2022). Nitrate contamination in drinking water and colorectal cancer: Exposure assessment and estimated health burden in New Zealand. Environmental Research, 204(April), 112322. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envres.2021.112322\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envres.2021.112322<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Sherris AR, Baiocchi M, Fendorf S, Luby SP, Yang W, &amp; Shaw GM. (2021). 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