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.