{"id":52479,"date":"2022-07-11T09:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=52479"},"modified":"2024-07-11T12:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:56:35","slug":"cancer-fertiliser-banner-points-ballance-kapuni-synthetic-nitrogen-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/cancer-fertiliser-banner-points-ballance-kapuni-synthetic-nitrogen-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant cancer banner points at fertiliser factory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Early this morning Greenpeace confronted the fertiliser industry with an enormous, 1500 sq metre banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki. The message highlights the link between synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and the cancer risk of nitrate-contaminated drinking water, and calls on the government to cut synthetic nitrogen.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/07\/968fec90-cancer-fertiliser-banner-taranaki-02-web-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"A factory with clouds of smoke has giant banner message in front saying &#039;cancer fertiliser, no synthetic nitrogen fertiliser&#039;\" alt=\"On 11 July 2022 Greenpeace Aotearoa confronted the fertiliser industry with a 1500 sq metre banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki. The message highlights the link between synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and the cancer risk of nitrate-contaminated drinking water, and calls on the government to cut synthetic nitrogen.\n\nThe banner reads: CANCER FERTILISER - CUT SYNTHETIC NITROGEN. The largest letters are over three stories high. An arrow directs the message at the billowing stacks of the fertiliser factory.\" class=\"wp-image-52480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/07\/968fec90-cancer-fertiliser-banner-taranaki-02-web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/07\/968fec90-cancer-fertiliser-banner-taranaki-02-web-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/07\/968fec90-cancer-fertiliser-banner-taranaki-02-web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/07\/968fec90-cancer-fertiliser-banner-taranaki-02-web-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/07\/968fec90-cancer-fertiliser-banner-taranaki-02-web-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2022\/07\/968fec90-cancer-fertiliser-banner-taranaki-02-web-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Greenpeace banner at Kapuni fertiliser factory. Image: Ben Sarten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Senior campaigner Steve Abel says, \u201cWe are at the Kapuni fertiliser factory in Taranaki to name synthetic nitrogen fertiliser as a cancer risk and call on the government to hold the fertiliser industry to account for the human harm they are causing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cMuch of New Zealand\u2019s worst pollution starts right here. Every year around 450 thousand tonnes of synthetic nitrogen is applied to land, mostly for intensive dairy. It pollutes rivers and the climate, and it is poisoning the well.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cSynthetic nitrogen fertiliser use leads to contamination of rural people\u2019s drinking water with the nitrate. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0013935121016236?dgcid=coauthor\">Scientists warn<\/a> that nitrate in drinking water could be causing 100 cases of bowel cancer and 40 deaths each year in New Zealand,\u201d says Abel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cGroundwater is the drinking source for 40% of New Zealanders. The fertiliser industry is contaminating that vital supply, rendering rural people\u2019s drinking water <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/14486563.2022.2068685\">undrinkable<\/a>, risking cancer, and also harm to babies in the womb. The Government needs to step in and stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>As well as cancer, excess levels of nitrate in drinking water are linked to reproductive risks such as <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/pubhealthexpert\/nitrate-contamination-in-drinking-water-and-adverse-birth-outcomes-emerging-evidence-is-concerning-for-nz\/\">preterm and underweight births<\/a>, and Blue Baby Syndrome.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cLeachate from synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and millions of litres of cow urine a day is seeping into groundwater drinking supplies &#8211; that\u2019s causing worsening nitrate contamination across the country,\u201d says Abel.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe spike in groundwater nitrate concentrations is attributable to a near seven-fold increase in nitrogen fertiliser use since 1990 and significant intensification of dairying in that time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>According to StatsNZ, total synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use increased 693% between 1990 and 2019, during which time the dairy herd increased by 82% &#8211; from 3.4 million cows to 6.3 million.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cDespite fine words about Te Mana o te Wai, and about the right of all people to safe drinking water, the Ardern Government plans to do nothing to stop worsening nitrate contamination caused by the fertiliser and dairy industries.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cRight now there are decisions being made by politicians around protecting sources of human drinking water. We are calling on Associate Environment Minister Kiritapu Allan and Prime Minister Ardern to act now for the sake of those rural communities whose health is most at risk. The government must phase out the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser to ensure healthy water for all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The Kapuni fertiliser factory, built in 1982 under Muldoon\u2019s Think Big scheme, is owned by Ballance Agri-Nutrients and is the only local manufacturer of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, which is made using fossil gas. The fertiliser companies Ballance and Ravensdown (which imports the chemical) are responsible for 98% of the country\u2019s synthetic nitrogen fertiliser supply. The dairy industry uses 67% of New Zealand\u2019s synthetic nitrogen.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawa.org.nz\/get-involved\/news-and-stories\/national-news\/2022\/march\/scientists-release-updated-summary-of-nz-groundwater-quality\/\">Land Air Water Aotearoa<\/a>, 6% of groundwater wells monitored nationally exceed the drinking standard for nitrate. Scientists say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0013935121016236?dgcid=coauthor\">800,000 New Zealanders<\/a> could be exposed to hazardous levels of nitrate in their drinking water.<br><br>Greenpeace is running free <a href=\"https:\/\/community.greenpeace.org.nz\/calendars\/healthywater\/\">community nitrate water testing events in Waikato this week<\/a>.<\/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\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-1024x576.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows-510x287.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2018\/12\/d90cd49a-nz-dairy-cows.jpg 1418w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Dairy cows\" title=\"Dairy cows\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-synthetic-nitrogen-fertiliser\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPETITION: Ban synthetic nitrogen fertiliser\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">Sign on now to call on the New Zealand Govt to ban chemical nitrogen fertiliser.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/petition-ban-synthetic-nitrogen-fertiliser\/\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Take Action\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early this morning Greenpeace confronted the fertiliser industry with an enormous, 1500 sq metre banner outside the Kapuni fertiliser factory in South Taranaki. 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