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John,
Something's gone missing from America's landscape.
Fewer bees hum and dart between wildflowers, fewer butterflies drift through gardens. The familiar buzz of insect life seems to grow quieter every year.
One of the biggest reasons for this decline is the continued use of neonicotinoid pesticides -- chemicals so toxic they've made American farmland dozens of times more dangerous for bees than it was just a generation ago.[1]
Yet these pesticides are still being sold by major retailers, including Walmart.
Add your name and urge Walmart to stop selling these pollinator-killing pesticides today.
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Bees do far more than just fill our gardens with flowers -- they are vital to keeping ecosystems thriving. Bees pollinate roughly 80% of flowering plants, ensuring food for birds, mammals and other insects.[2]
Without them, meadows grow quieter and less colorful, our harvests would shrink and ecosystems may begin to unravel.[3]
But neonic pesticides are threatening this balance -- poisoning the very pollinators our environment depends on.
These chemicals attack bees' nervous systems, leaving them disoriented, impacting their ability to forage or fly and leaving them unable to return to their hives.[4]
Over time, neonicotinoids can even wipe out entire colonies.[5]
Worse still, neonics linger. Once applied, they persist in soil and water, harming not only bees but also butterflies, beetles and aquatic insects, all of which play a vital role in healthy ecosystems.[6]
It doesn't have to be this way. We can still help our struggling pollinators, and retailers like Walmart can help lead the way.
Add your name and tell Walmart to remove neonic pesticides from its shelves.
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Already, a dozen states have moved to restrict the retail sale of neonics, including here in Colorado. Walmart complies with the laws in those states.[7]
But buzzing bees and migrating butterflies don't stop at state borders, and neither should Walmart's policies.
If Walmart can follow neonic-restriction rules in some places, it can extend those same protections everywhere.
By taking a stand against neonics, Walmart can help restore busy gardens, blooming meadows and healthy ecosystems across the nation.
Help urge Walmart to stop selling bee-killing pesticides today.
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Thank you for standing with pollinators,
Ellen Montgomery
1. Steve Blackledge, "How just a single seed can kill 80,000 bees," Environment America, June 20, 2025.
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2. "The Buzz on Native Bees," USGS, June 15, 2025.
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3. Steve Blackledge, "Why we should save the bees, especially the wild bees who need our help most," Environment America, April 19, 2024.
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4. Steve Blackledge, "3 ways neonic pesticides are harming bees," Environment America, April 19, 2024.
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5. Roni Dengler, "Neonicotinoid pesticides are slowly killing bees," PBS News, June 19, 2017.
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6. Steve Blackledge, "How just a single seed can kill 80,000 bees," Environment America, June 20, 2025.
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7. Steve Blackledge, "States that are doing the most to save pollinators," Environment America, June 16, 2025.
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