{"id":75141,"date":"2025-12-11T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=75141"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:43:56","slug":"denmark-moves-to-lower-limits-on-nitrate-in-drinking-water-when-will-nz-follow-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/denmark-moves-to-lower-limits-on-nitrate-in-drinking-water-when-will-nz-follow-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark moves to lower limits on nitrate in drinking water &#8211; when will NZ follow suit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Denmark\u2019s Environment Minister is making moves to <strong>dramatically lower the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water<\/strong>, after a government-commissioned&nbsp; report recommended reducing the legal limit for nitrate contamination to 6 mg\/L of nitrate (1.3 mg\/L nitrate-nitrogen).<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace spokesperson Will Appelbe says New Zealanders deserve the same action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no secret playbook that the Danes are working from here. They don\u2019t know anything that we don\u2019t know &#8211; they\u2019re following the scientific evidence and choosing to prioritise people\u2019s health and access to safe drinking water over the economic interests of the agribusiness lobby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cNew Zealand is in the middle of a growing health crisis caused by nitrate contamination from intensive dairying. When will our Government recognise this and take action?\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>New Zealand research indicates that elevated levels of nitrate contamination in drinking water could be causing up to <strong>100 cases of bowel cancer every year, and leading to 40 deaths a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-communities-are-already-affected-nbsp\"><strong>Communities are already affected&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Appelbe says the situation in rural New Zealand is unacceptable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe fact of the matter is that many rural communities in New Zealand are unable to drink their water because of unacceptably high levels of nitrate contamination, and we know the cause of that pollution. It\u2019s the intensive dairy industry, led by Fonterra.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cFonterra\u2019s oversized dairy herd and overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is leading to escalating levels of nitrate contamination in drinking water, but today it\u2019s become clear that the writing is on the wall for the intensive dairy industry.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAlready, there are many drinking water wells and public town supplies in New Zealand that are above the nitrate limits proposed by the Danish. There are even private wells that are above our own &#8211; far too outdated &#8211; legal health limit. And it\u2019s going to get worse unless this Government puts the health of communities ahead of Fonterra\u2019s profits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is urging the Government to take action by<strong> lowering the legal nitrate limit, stopping further dairy expansion, and phasing out the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere are simply too many cows. 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