17 Oct 2017

New mothers warned off tap water in Ashburton

From Morning Report, 7:18 am on 17 October 2017

Health authorities are warning of the increasing agricultural pollution in Canterbury drinking water that's potentially lethal to newborn babies. Data from the regional council shows nitrate levels have risen in 23 percent of the private drinking water wells it has monitored for the past decade. And that has the local medical officer of health worried.