{"id":47949,"date":"2026-04-07T10:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=47949"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:13:27","slug":"media-briefing-nitrates-in-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/nature-food\/47949\/media-briefing-nitrates-in-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Media briefing: nitrates in drinking water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/e0c0c450-gp0su7s86_medium-res-with-credit-line-1200px-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"A Greenpeace activist installs a sign reading &quot;Nitrate Emergency&quot; in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand 2022.\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/e0c0c450-gp0su7s86_medium-res-with-credit-line-1200px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/e0c0c450-gp0su7s86_medium-res-with-credit-line-1200px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/e0c0c450-gp0su7s86_medium-res-with-credit-line-1200px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/e0c0c450-gp0su7s86_medium-res-with-credit-line-1200px-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/e0c0c450-gp0su7s86_medium-res-with-credit-line-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 Ben Sarten \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Brussels, 7 April 2026 <\/strong>&#8211; On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-health-day\/2026\">World Health Day<\/a>, Greenpeace EU is releasing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/58d99567-media-brief-nitrates-in-drinking-water-greenpeace-eu-april-2026.pdf\">media brief<\/a> bringing together the latest scientific knowledge on the health impacts of nitrates, alongside existing data on nitrate pollution across Europe. <\/p>\n\n<p>In 2025 an expert group convened by the Danish Ministry of Environment found that current nitrate limits in drinking water are not sufficiently protective and recommended a significant reduction, based on emerging scientific evidence linking nitrate exposure to increased risks of colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n\n<p>The brief also highlights trends in the livestock sector, one of the main sources of nitrate pollution in water. <\/p>\n\n<p>Find out more by reading the media brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2026\/04\/58d99567-media-brief-nitrates-in-drinking-water-greenpeace-eu-april-2026.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Correction<\/strong>: There is an error in the name and email address of the media contact person in the brief. To contact Isis Wiedmann, please email iweidmann@greenpeace.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This brief gathers the latest science on the health impacts of nitrates, alongside existing data on nitrate pollution and the livestock sector across Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":47950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,47],"tags":[26,27,31,41],"p4-page-type":[18],"class_list":["post-47949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature-food","category-pollution","tag-farming","tag-food","tag-health","tag-waterpollution","p4-page-type-briefing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47955,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47949\/revisions\/47955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47949"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=47949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}