[ [link removed] ]A honeybee sits on a large yellow flower. Another honeybee hovers
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John,
Incredible news: the tiny US state of Vermont just voted overwhelmingly to
ban bee-killing neonicotinoids in a move that could upend the ENTIRE
pesticides industry.
For decades, Bayer-Monsanto has relied on loose US laws to peddle their
poisons and set low standards for pesticides use across the world — a grim
strategy that’s killed hundreds of millions of bees and turned meadows,
parks and fields into dead zones. But now local regulators are staging a
David Vs Goliath fight to protect nature. And we can help!
Three more US states have already put forward bills restricting neonics
use. If enough of us chip in the cost of a coffee, we can hit go on a
massive people’s lobbying push to get them over the line — running ads
targeting on-the-fence politicians, upping media pressure with briefings
for local journalists on the harms of neonics and commissioning polls to
show just how much people in these states want the proposed curbs to pass.
This could be a turning point in the fight for the bees. We’ve already won
a neonics ban in Europe – if the US follows, it could spell the end for
Bayer’s reign of poison. Can you chip in now to save the bees?
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Neonicotinoids are so toxic that one teaspoon is enough to kill 1.25
billion honeybees. And a songbird can die from eating a single seed dipped
in the pesticide.
But for decades, the chemical giants have been free to flood the market
with these poisons, trashing our countryside and causing untold harm to
wildlife, all so they can rake in billions of dollars in profits.
This is our chance to end the destruction and start to restore what’s been
lost. Dedicated campaigning from scientists, conservationists and citizens
like you is paying off, with more and more regulators waking up to the
truth about neonics. But standing up to Bayer is a big deal and they won’t
do it without public pressure.
If everyone reading this chips in even a small amount, we’ll be able to
take the fight to each state legislature, running highly targeted
campaigns that ramp up the heat on crucial decision-makers and use local
voices to make the case for action. And if these states move, the momentum
will be unstoppable! But we need to get going right away. Can you help?
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Thanks for all that you do,
Yasmin and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]EU sending huge quantities of banned, bee-killing pesticides to poorer
countries, documents reveal. Unearthed 16 May 2023
[ [link removed] ]Bill Status of HB4814. Illinois General Assembly 06 February 2024
[ [link removed] ]Vermont House passes a bill to restrict a pesticide that is toxic to
bees. Associated Press 22 March 2024
[ [link removed] ]Neonicotinoid Pesticides; Restricted Use Pesticides. Hawai'i State
Legislature
[ [link removed] ]An Act Concerning the Use of Neonicotinoids. Connecticut General
Assembly
Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
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Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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