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New Zealand Must Get Serious About Nitrates In Water
Tuesday, 16 July 2024, 8:00 am | Dr Peter Trolove
By Dr. Peter Trolove immediate past president NZ Federation Freshwater Anglers An opinion piece in the "FARMERS WEEKLY" July 8, 2024 by Gord Stewart, a sustainability consultant was titled “We have to get serious about nitrates” in which he wrote ... More >>
Why Are The Polluters 'Managing' Our Freshwater?
Monday, 8 February 2021, 4:16 pm | Dr Peter Trolove
In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking water at 10mg/L NO3-N In New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in drinking water is 11.3 mg/L Both these limits are considered toxic for human babies ... More >>
Ban Inorganic Nitrogen Fertilizers
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 4:51 pm | Dr Peter Trolove
Canterbury has the worst water pollution of any region in New Zealand – nitrates and pathogens from ruminants. The primary source of this pollution comes from high concentrations of urea in urine patches passed by dairy cows. The number of dairy ... More >>
