Dear Friend,
Imagine walking into the grocery store to see empty shelves where there used to
be a variety of your favorite fruits, veggies, and nuts. This could one day be
our reality if bees and other pollinators continue dying at alarming rates. Act now before it’s too late for bees, our food system, and the planet: Donate
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Neonicotinoid pesticides -- produced by companies like Bayer-Monsanto -- are a
key driver of pollinator declines. But they’re still widely used in agriculture.
What’s more, the EPA could approve them for another 15 years -- but pollinators don’t have 15 years to wait for us to ban neonics.
There’s no time to waste, Friend: scientists are calling
the massive loss of pollinators and other insects an “insect apocalypse” with
dire risks for our food system and the planet. 40% of insect pollinator species are at risk of extinction. We have to act fast to ban the pesticides contributing to this crisis before
the damage is irreversible.
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[[link removed]]The American bumblebee population has plummeted by 89% in the last two decades, nearly vanishing from eight states already. Meanwhile, bee-killing pesticides -- neonics -- have made U.S. agriculture
nearly 48 times more toxic to insects in the past three decades.
Neonics hurt people, too. They have been linked to health impacts like birth defects of the heart and
brain, hormone disruption, and autism.
Bees that encounter neonics can face horrible fates. The pesticides can kill bees on contact. But even if they survive, the toxic chemicals attack bees’ nerve cells and can
harm their cognition, flight ability, and even reproduction.
Now, the EPA could approve these bee-killing neonics for another 15 years and
subject even more bees to this fate.
Why is the EPA dragging its feet on banning neonics? Perhaps because pesticide
giants like Bayer-Monsanto continue to funnel big money into disinformation
efforts -- all to deny and distract from the role that their products play in
bee deaths.
But together, we can counter the disinformation, speak louder than the pesticide
industry, and push for stronger pollinator protections.
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[[link removed]]Bees are an essential part of our ecosystem and way of life. Without bees and
other pollinators, we’d have far fewer fruits, veggies, and nuts -- almonds wouldn’t even exist at all. And other crops like coffee and cotton could become rare or more expensive if
bees continue to decline.
If we don’t act now to ban bee-killing pesticides, today’s children could be
some of the last people to share the planet with many species of wild bees.
With you by our side, we’re pushing the EPA to ban neonics once and for all.
We’re asking big supermarket chains to stop selling foods grown with bee-toxic
pesticides and increase organic offerings -- which will shift the market away
from these chemicals. And we’re working with Congress and at the state and local
level to ban neonics and other bee-toxic pesticides. At the same time, we’re
researching and shining a light on the pesticide industry’s disinformation
tactics to make sure decision-makers know the truth about the toxic way we
produce food. But it’s an uphill battle -- one we can’t win without you.
We won’t stand by and let corporate greed trump the health of pollinators,
people, and the planet. With your membership support today, we can double down
on these efforts and give pollinators a fighting chance! Please,
Friend, will you donate $27 or more today and help us
reach our $2,310 goal for pollinators, people and the planet?
Bees, people, and the planet are on the line. Rush your $27 membership donation
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[[link removed]]Standing with you,
Kendra Klein
Deputy director of science,
Friends of the Earth
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