Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?

Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?

By Phoebe Cooke, Clare Carlile and Rachel Sherrington on DeSmog Denmark is set to radically overhaul its drinking water policy as part of a raft of sweeping reforms to the country’s livestock industry. In a nation with more pigs per capita than anywhere else in the world, animal welfare and nitrates pollution dominated public debate as millions headed to the polls in March for what was widely dubbed the “pig election”. After months of coalition …