Drop-in nitrate water testing events hosted by Greenpeace

Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing this coming weekend, to enable Canterbury households to check their bore water for nitrate contamination.

10am - 2pm, Saturday 29th May at Dunsandel Community Centre.9am - 1pm, Sunday 30th May at Woodend Community Centre.

Greenpeace is running the testing in conjunction with the Federation of Freshwater Anglers.

The testing comes as more health concerns are being raised over high levels of nitrate contamination in drinking water supplies, including adverse birth outcomes as reported by University of Otago researchers, and increased rates of bowel cancers.

Greenpeace is supporting calls from medical experts to take a precautionary approach, and is calling on the Government to lower the allowable limit for nitrate contamination in water from 11.3mg/L to 0.87mg/L in line with international research. A Greenpeace petition to lower the nitrate limit in drinking water was launched recently and has already gained almost 10,000 signatures.

Greenpeace is continuing its call for the Government to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser as part of the action needed to reduce nitrate contamination of drinking water.

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