Dear John,
Just last week, Maryland’s Governor bent to Big Ag’s pressure and vetoed an
important bill to ban one of the most insidious bee-killing pesticides
--chlorpyrifos. W e need your help to fight back for our bees.
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With an average 40% bee colony loss this past winter, the crisis facing the
world’s bees is getting worse -- and it’s threatening our food system. On top of
that, chlorpyrifos can endanger children’s health by causing permanent brain
damage.
Trump’s administration has ignored and in fact suppressed overwhelming
scientific evidence about the dangers of chlorpyrifos, which is why it’s more
important than ever for states to take action instead.
We don’t have any time to waste , so Friends of the Earth is already collaborating with Maryland groups to push
the state legislature to override the veto. But we can’t win this without you,
John.
Help ensure that bees, children, farmworkers and endangered species are safe
from the pesticide chlorpyrifos: Please rush a donation of $10 or more to
Friends of the Earth now.
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[[link removed]]Chlorpyrifos is so dangerous that, after years of study, in 2015 the U.S. EPA
recommended a complete ban, concluding that there are no safe levels of this
pesticide.
Part of a class of toxic chemicals developed as poisonous nerve gas by Nazi
Germany, chlorpyrifos has been linked to reduced IQ, loss of working memory,
attention disorders, delayed motor development, lung cancer and Parkinson’s
disease.
In 2001, it was banned from home use. But nearly two decades later, it’s still
widely used to grow our food and on golf courses.
Even when wearing maximum protective gear, workers who mix and apply this toxic
pesticide are exposed at unsafe levels. Now, the food we eat every day contains
residues, exposing pregnant people and young children. It’s also in the water we
drink, since chlorpyrifos pollutes our waterways --which also harms birds, bees,
fish and amphibians. And it’s all so the pesticide industry can make more
profits.
John, please help save our pollinators from
pesticide-driven extinction, and save children and farmworkers from toxic
pesticide exposure: Donate $10 or more to Friends of the Earth today.
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[[link removed]]When Trump came into office, he ignored the EPA’s own scientists and refused to
ban chlorpyrifos -- instead meeting with the CEO of its main manufacturer, Dow
Chemical, which donated $1 million to his inauguration.
What’s worse, Trump’s Department of the Interior actually tried to bury a U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service report, which showed that chlorpyrifos is so toxic
that it “jeopardizes the continued existence” of 1,400 endangered and threatened
species.
Trump’s administration knowingly chose to endanger species and our children to
protect pesticide industry profits.
In the face of federal inaction, Friends of the Earth and its members have
pushed states to use their power to protect people and our planet. Last year, New York followed Hawaii and California in banning chlorpyrifos --
after we worked with a large coalition to pressure elected leaders, generated
thousands of calls and emails, coordinated rallies at lawmakers’ offices, and
organized massive sign-on letters along with hard-hitting news coverage to
counter industry spin.
Thanks to you, by outlawing chlorpyrifos, these states are putting public health
and the environment over corporate profits. They’re setting precedents that were
key to a huge recent victory, when Dow announced it would stop selling
chlorpyrifos! But the fight’s not over yet: Other companies are still making and
selling the toxic pesticide.
And they’re pressuring Maryland’s governor and state legislators to turn their
backs on our grassroots movement. It’s clear Big Ag’s lobbyists aren’t slowing
down, and neither can we. They want to keep selling products that are poisoning
our children and killing the bees that power our food system. We need your help
to stop them ASAP.
Don’t let pesticide corporations get away with killing bees and poisoning our
communities, John. Please rush a donation of $10 or
more to Friends of the Earth now.
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[[link removed]]Thank you,
Lisa Archer,
Food and agriculture program director,
Friends of the Earth
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