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For decades, massive meat corporations and industrial farms have treated our shared water as their private, unregulated sewer, leaking toxic nitrate into groundwater, local wells, and rivers. While a handful of corporate executives pocket record profits, everyday families are left to pay the environmental and health bill. The new government aims to change that, and we will keep watch until they do. <\/p>\n\t\t\t It\u2019s time to cut through corporate lies, cut agriculture emissions and shift towards sustainable agroecology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t In Greenpeace Denmark we have been working with scientists, local communities, and civil society to draw attention to this essential issue for years. Offering free nitrate testing<\/a> to citizens across Denmark, allowing them to easily check the safety of their own drinking water. By doing this, we turned everyday people into citizen scientists to expose the hidden scale of agricultural pollution, and to show the big picture, we created the nitrate map<\/a> of Denmark.<\/p>\n\n People took to the streets across the country, demanding clean water, and it became such a hot topic, that the recent general election was called the \u201cPig Election<\/a>\u201d. When politicians are met with people power, they follow our lead: most parties had committed to address the issue even before the election.<\/p>\n\n On 02 June, the new government announced what we have been waiting for for years: the lowering of the nitrate limit in line with the authorities’ recommendation, and finally protecting our drinking water from Big Ag\u2019s toxic waste. Last year, an international expert group under the Ministry of the Environment proposed 6 mg\/l as the new limit, replacing the current 50 mg\/l. New research links nitrate in drinking water to increased cancer risks<\/a>, preterm birth, birth defects at levels well below current regulatory limits. When the new limit is implemented, it will be a historic victory for water safety and our health as well.<\/p>\n\n While the Danish government’s promise is a historic breakthrough, the hardest work begins now. We cannot let this decision get stuck on political paper: ensuring that the 6 mg\/L recommendation quickly becomes law, turning political promises into actual clean water in people’s homes.<\/p>\n\n Filtering these toxins on a large scale<\/a> is a technical and financial nightmare. We need to address the root cause; livestock expansions that cause massive amounts of nitrate getting into our water systems. Transitioning to ecological farming ensures a food system in balance with nature and our health.<\/p>\n\n But this problem doesn’t start and stop at the Danish border. Our global, industrial food system threatens drinking water from Spain<\/a> to New Zealand<\/a>. So we need to take this momentum global. The health of our children and the safety of our water should never depend on where we happen to live. It is time for standing up against Big Ag\u2019s massive meat mega-projects, demanding clean water and a just transition to ecological farming, everywhere.<\/p>\n\n It is time to choose people over profit. Together, we can break Big Ag\u2019s grip on our political system and force a rapid, just transition to a food system that respects nature, animals, and local communities. <\/p>\n\n Let\u2019s stop Big Ag and put an end to their toxic greed! <\/p>\n\t\t\t It\u2019s time to cut through corporate lies, cut agriculture emissions and shift towards sustainable agroecology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Christian Fromberg is political campaign lead at Greenpeace Denmark.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A massive breakthrough in Denmark for people against corporate giants. 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Your address shouldn\u2019t determine if you get clean tap water<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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