“AN INSECT APOCALYPSE.”
“A SECOND SILENT SPRING.”
“A CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF NATURE’S ECOSYSTEMS.”
This is how scientists are describing the loss of bees and other insects. A key driver? Neonicotinoid pesticides -- which can impact bees’ ability to navigate and reproduce and even kill bees on contact. But they’re also the MOST WIDELY USED INSECTICIDES in agriculture.
Neonics can directly hurt PEOPLE, too. They are found on the very food you eat and cannot be washed off. They have been linked to health impacts like birth defects of the heart and brain, hormone disruption, and autism.
The Environmental Protection Agency has a chance to BAN neonics once and for all. Instead, it might approve these pesticides for another 15 years. With World Bee Day in just TWO days, it’s time to raise your voice for the bees: Friend, sign your name now and DEMAND the EPA ban toxic neonics before 11:59pm TONIGHT! >>
Did you know you have bees and other pollinators to thank for 1 in every 3 bites of food you eat? That’s right -- TENS OF THOUSANDS of plant species depend on pollinators for their survival -- which means those plants also depend on YOU to help protect bees and other pollinators! This World Bee Day, it’s time to give back to the bees.
Big Ag continues to DOWNPLAY the effects of TOXIC neonics on pollinators, people, and the planet. This RECKLESS pursuit of profit is driving many wild bees and other pollinators toward EXTINCTION. The EPA could step up and ban these toxic pesticides -- but we need YOUR help to push it to act. Please, Friend, will you do right by the bees this World Bee Day and tell the EPA to prioritize pollinator health? >>
Thank you for standing with our pollinators,
Friends of the Earth
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