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Press Release – Greenpeace New Zealand Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing days in Ashburton and Temuka this coming weekend to enable households to check their bore water for nitrate contamination. 10am – 2pm, Saturday 10th July at Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton …Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing days in Ashburton and Temuka this coming weekend to enable households to check their bore water for nitrate contamination.
10am – 2pm, Saturday 10th July at Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton
10am – 2pm, Sunday 11th July at Alpine Energy Community Centre, Fergusson Drive, Temuka
Greenpeace is running the testing in conjunction with the Federation of Freshwater Anglers.
This was in response to rising concerns about the impact nitrates from farming runoff were having on both river biodiversity and human health, with recent studies linking high nitrate levels to both bowel cancer rates and the risk of premature births. Greenpeace held previous testing sessions in May at Dunsandel and Woodend, and concerned Selwyn residents also held a session in Springston last year, with one local’s water weighing in at 14mg/L. The current safe level in New Zealand, as mandated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is 11.3mg/L.
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Selwyn residents with private wells on their property were given the opportunity to test nitrate levels in their water in May.
10am - 2pm, Saturday 10th July at Mid
Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton
10am
- 2pm, Sunday 11th July at Alpine Energy Community Centre,
Fergusson Drive, Temuka
Greenpeace is running the
testing in conjunction with the Federation of Freshwater
Anglers.
This is the third and fourth day of testing
run by Greenpeace, with previous testing held in May at
Dunsandel and Woodend in Canterbury. Results
from these earlier testing days can be found
here.
The major causes
of nitrate pollution are a huge increase in dairy cows and
synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use since
1990.
Greenpeace is supporting calls from medical