Dear NRDC Activist,

I'm a scientist here at NRDC.

For more than 20 years, I've been studying toxic chemicals and their impacts on our health and our environment.

And I'm horrified by the data I've seen on neonic pesticides.

These chemicals are dangerous, and we need your help to put an end to their rampant and reckless misuse now.

Please, help NRDC's team of scientists and campaigners protect people's health and our environment from neonic pesticides. Donate just $5 before tonight's deadline and your gift will be MATCHED $1-for-$1, up to $100,000.

Decades ago, when we first saw bees dying off, we feared for the future of our food supply. Today, we're starting to see what that future could look like. Important crops like blueberries, cherries and apples are now limited by declining bee populations.

Put plainly: fewer bees means less food.

And with less food, we could see food prices skyrocket, which would make healthier food options a luxury fewer families can afford. That stands to hit marginalized communities especially hard.

We're just hours away from our midnight deadline, and we still need your help.

Donate before MIDNIGHT: Make 2x the impact to defend our environment and save bees and our food supply from toxic neonic pesticides. Even $5 helps a lot!

Bees are like canaries in the coal mine for broader harms.

What makes neonics lethal to bees makes them harmful to humans as well, especially young children. Research shows neonics can pass through the placenta, putting developing fetuses at increased risk for birth defects of the heart and brain.

Bee colonies wiped out... pollinator species pushed to the brink of extinction... children poisoned and harmed with neurological deficits... the evidence cautioning us against the use of toxic neonics continues to grow by the day.

Will you join our team of scientists, lawyers, and policy experts as we campaign to end the use of these terribly toxic pesticides?

Make DOUBLE the impact to power NRDC's campaign to protect our health and food supply from neonic pesticides. Every donation will be MATCHED 2x until midnight. Just $5 makes a difference.

Thank you for supporting us in this fight.

We — and the bees! — wouldn't be here without you.

Sincerely,

Jenn Sass
Senior Scientist, NRDC