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Greenpeace is running the testing in conjunction with the Federation of Freshwater Anglers.
Greenpeace is supporting calls from medical experts to take a precautionary approach, and is calling on the Government to lower the limit for nitrate contamination in water from 11.3mg/L to 0.87mg/L in line with international research linking nitrate contamination to bowel cancer and adverse birth outcomes.
The major causes of nitrate contamination in drinking water are synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and cow urine.
Greenpeace is continuing its call for the Government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser as part of the suite of actions needed to reduce nitrate contamination of water.
The New Zealand Drinking Water Standards Maximum Acceptable Values and World Health Organisation limit for nitrate allowed in drinking water is 11.3mg/L. Abel said 140 water samples were tested at Temuka and, overall, testing showed lower nitrate levels than the samples tested on Saturday in Ashburton. “The rates are lower here than Ashburton. And one was extraordinary with zero nitrates, which is very unusual. We had a few zeroes in Woodend near the sea.”
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New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers Inc president Dr Peter Trolove tests water samples on the organisation s spectrometer at the free testing day at the Temuka Alpine Energy Community Centre on Sunday.
Saturday July 10th 2021
Local residents are invited to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container to the Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton, anytime today between 10am â 2pm.Â
Greenpeace is running the testing event in conjunction with the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, and is conducting the testing using a spectrometer machine owned by the federation.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says the testing is an essential service for the community, and will bolster understanding about nitrate contamination in New Zealand.
âEveryone should be able to trust that the water from their tap is clean and safe. Unfortunately, nitrate contamination is a growing concern for people in areas with intensive dairying, such as Canterbury, Southland and Waikato. Bore owners in these regions deserve to know whatâs happening with their water,â says Abel.
Saturday, 10 July 2021, 12:57 pm
Greenpeace is conducting free
drop-in water testing in Ashburton today and in Temuka
tomorrow, to enable households to check their drinking water
for nitrate contamination.
Local residents are invited
to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container to
the Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton,
anytime today between 10am - 2pm.
Greenpeace is
running the testing event in conjunction with the New
Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, and is conducting
the testing using a spectrometer machine owned by the
federation.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says
the testing is an essential service for the community, and