Tag: bowel_cancer
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New Zealand Lowers Free Bowel Screening Age to 56
New Zealand's free bowel screening age drops to 56 in six regions from today, part of a $45.6 million Budget 2026 investment expected to save 522 lives over 25 years.
HealthPolitics and GovernmentMedical ScienceGeneral PoliticsFederal Government Bowel ScreeningSimeon BrownNational Bowel Screening ProgrammeBowel CancerColonoscopyHealth New ZealandNew Zealand Government
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Greenpeace Warns Lumsden Residents Over High Nitrate Levels in Water Supply
Greenpeace warns pregnant people in Lumsden about nitrate levels in the town's water supply, which exceed thresholds for preterm birth and bowel cancer risk, calling for urgent action.
HealthBusinessPolitics and GovernmentMedical ScienceEnvironmentAgricultureSocial IssuesGeneral Politics GreenpeaceLumsdennitratewater contaminationpublic healthpreterm birthbowel cancer
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Greenpeace Offers Free Nitrate Water Testing in Southland
Free nitrate water testing events are being held in Edendale, Ĺtautau, and Lumsden this May. Greenpeace aims to inform the public about nitrate contamination risks in drinking water, with a focus on rural and dairy farming areas.
HealthEnvironmentWorld GreenpeaceNitrate ContaminationWater TestingPublic HealthSouthlandDairy FarmingBowel Cancer
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Greenpeace Demands Lower Nitrate Limits with Contaminated Water Bar at Parliament
Greenpeace Aotearoa is serving nitrate-contaminated water on Parliament lawn, urging MPs to lower the drinking water standard from the 1950s limit.
Politics and GovernmentHealthEnvironmentEconomyGeneral PoliticsSocial IssuesAgricultureEnergy Greenpeace AotearoaNitrate ContaminationParliament LawnDrinking WaterDairy IndustryCow UrineNitrogen FertiliserBowel CancerPreterm BirthNew Zealand GovernmentGreenpeace