{"id":66814,"date":"2024-10-17T13:11:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=66814"},"modified":"2024-10-29T07:36:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:36:58","slug":"federated-farmers-throwing-their-toys-out-of-the-cot-over-freshwater-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/federated-farmers-throwing-their-toys-out-of-the-cot-over-freshwater-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Federated Farmers \u201cthrowing their toys out of the cot\u201d over freshwater protections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa is wading in on the beef between Fish &amp; Game Southland and Federated Farmers. The organisation says that it is backing Fish &amp; Game Southland, who successfully challenged farm pollution discharge rules in the courts, and are now the subject of a Federated Farmers smear campaign.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Will Appelbe says, \u201cFreshwater in Aotearoa has been in decline for decades, and Fish &amp; Game Southland has acted in the interest of all New Zealanders by challenging Environment Southland\u2019s anti-nature legislation.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cFederated Farmers seem to think they have a right to pollute the water, and now that it has been proven in the courts that they do not, they\u2019re throwing their toys out of the cot.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe intensive dairy industry has been allowed to pollute people\u2019s water for too long and we\u2019re seeing the consequences of that with unswimmable lakes and rivers and elevated levels of nitrate in drinking water,\u201d says Appelbe.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cChristopher Luxon\u2019s Government is pushing ahead with reckless plans to rollback freshwater protections and their list of damaging Fast Track Projects. We all need to resist Luxon\u2019s war on nature, and Fish &amp; Game Southland should be praised for doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Already, many rural communities across the country, especially in Canterbury, are facing high levels of nitrate in their drinking water. A growing body of science shows that long-term exposure to levels of nitrate above 1 mg\/L can lead to an increased risk of developing bowel cancer, and at levels above 5 mg\/L, the New Zealand College of Midwives advises pregnant people to find an alternative water source due to an increased risk of preterm birth.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to back the communities most impacted by water pollution, which is why we\u2019re hosting two free drinking water nitrate testing events in Canterbury this weekend. Everyone should be able to drink a glass of water from their kitchen tap without worrying about getting sick, or take a swim in the lakes and rivers in their region,\u201d says Appelbe.Greenpeace is hosting a t<a href=\"https:\/\/community.greenpeace.org.nz\/events\/public-meeting-protect-drinking-water\">own hall meeting this Saturday in Rangiora<\/a> to discuss the water pollution crisis in Canterbury \u2013 the hotspot of freshwater pollution in Aotearoa \u2013 and to support local communities in taking action on the issue. Additionally, more than twenty thousand people have signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/agriculture-luxon-hands-off-freshwater-protection\">Greenpeace petition<\/a> calling on the Government to leave New Zealand\u2019s freshwater protections alone.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-63558  sticky-bottom-mobile collapse show\"\n\t\t\tid=\"action-card\"\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\/hands-off-fresh-water-protections\/\" 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