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John,

Big discovery: all of the bees in a study done at the University of
Bristol died within 3 days after exposure to a novel Bayer
pesticide that’s being heavily sprayed on crops.

Bayer is marketing it as a ‘bee safe’ alternative, but really it works
like the bee-killing neonicotinoids the EU and Canada banned, for good
reason.

There’s little independent research on the full effects of this novel
pesticide on pollinators, and people for that matter, yet next year it
could get approved again for use on a wide variety of crops in Europe –
unless we stop it.

If enough of us chip in now, we can get a step ahead of
Bayer: commissioning research to combat pseudoscience, getting to
lawmakers and regulators earlier and more often, and preparing for a fight
in court if that’s what it takes.

This is bigger than one pesticide. We need your help to ban a whole new
class of dangerous pesticides before Bayer makes and markets more like
it. Can you chip in to help?



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Scientists are warning that this novel pesticide called flupyradifurone
and others like it are bad news for bees and people – but right now these
dangerous chemicals are drenching our crop fields under the guise of a
‘safe alternative’.

And Bayer is working hard to keep marketing that way.

Researchers have discovered that flupyradifurone works similarly to the
notorious banned group of neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, clothianidin and
thiamethoxam), which have been proven to cause mass bee deaths.

Really products containing flupyradifurone should be banned, but there are
no clear laws in place to protect bees and people from this novel category
of pesticides – and until there is, Bayer is going to keep exploiting this
loophole. 

Our Ekō community fought hard and helped win a historic ban on bee-killing
pesticides like this back in 2018. Now we need your help to do it again.
Can you chip in?



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Yasmin and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Replacement crop treatment not safe for important pollinator, experts
say University of Bristol 06 September 2024

[ [link removed] ]A novel pesticide has lethal consequences for an important
pollinator Science Direct 30 August 2024

[ [link removed] ]Wildlife experts urge action on pesticides as UK insect populations
plummet The Guardian 14 June 2024

[ [link removed] ]'Bee safe' label on pesticides needs to be re-evaluated, University of
Guelph researchers say CBC 20 May 2024

 

Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet.

 

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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