[ [link removed] ]Closeup of dead bee on a green grain leaf.
John,
All of the bees died within 3 days after being exposed to a novel Bayer
pesticide. That's what was found in a recent study done at the University
of Bristol. And the pesticide is being heavily sprayed on crops in Europe
and countries around the world.
Bayer is marketing it as a ‘bee safe’ alternative, but really it works
like the bee-killing neonicotinoids that the EU and Canada banned years
ago for good reason.
But besides a few studies like this one, there is little independent
research that's been done on this pesticide's full effects on pollinators,
or people for that matter. And it's coming up for review soon, and it
could get approved in the EU again – unless we stop it.
If enough of us chip in, we can get a step ahead of Bayer: commissioning
research to debunk the fake science, getting to lawmakers and regulators
earlier and more often with verified facts, and even supporting partners
in a legal challenge 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 or others make and mass market
more like it – and then keep going to protect pollinators and our natural
world from these poisons. Can you chip in to save the bees?
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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 it 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 are, 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
– and power our campaigns to protect pollinators and our natural world
from these poisons. Can you chip in now?
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Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for
people and the planet.
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
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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