{"id":522,"date":"2017-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/press-release\/sick-of-too-many-cows\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:06:24","slug":"sick-of-too-many-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/publication\/sick-of-too-many-cows\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Sick of Too Many Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How intensive livestock farming could be endangering our health<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image  caption-style-medium caption-alignment-center\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2017\/06\/446cc818-greenpeace-sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2017\/06\/c14b2e92-greenpeace-sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017_page_01-424x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2763\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2017\/06\/c14b2e92-greenpeace-sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017_page_01-424x600.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2017\/06\/c14b2e92-greenpeace-sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017_page_01-240x340.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2017\/06\/c14b2e92-greenpeace-sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017_page_01.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>This Greenpeace report examines the potential connections between livestock farming, water pollution and public health.<\/p>\n\n<p>New research has heightened concerns that intensive livestock farming could increase risks to human health. In order to maintain a healthy population, we need to understand how livestock farming could affect our health. These risks must be carefully weighed, especially at a time when the Government is preparing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to expand the dairy industry through irrigation.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2017\/06\/446cc818-greenpeace-sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greenpeace-Sick-of-too-many-cows-report-2017<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-15019 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-synthetic-nitrogen-fertiliser\/\" 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