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John,
Europe’s wild bees are in a death spiral – and in the next few days the EU
could make it much worse.
The European Commission is proposing changes that would allow pesticide
approvals to be granted indefinitely – with no mandatory safety reviews
and no requirement to consider new scientific evidence on the harmful
impacts of the chemicals in these products.
If this goes through, Bayer’s toxic chemicals could stay in the market
forever!! Unless we stop it.
If enough of us donate in the next 24 hours, we can launch a
rapid-response campaign targeting the Commissioners and key officials
before they finalize it – including legal research, an impact assessment,
and an investigation into contacts between European Commission officials
and the pesticide lobby.
We’re ready to throw everything we can at this and defend the laws that
protect nature and people. All we need now is your help to do it – can you
chip in to save the bees?
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Wild bees pollinate a third of our crops. Without them, we would lose
apples, almonds, tomatoes, strawberries, and countless other foods we rely
on. Their survival is our survival. And toxic pesticides are decimating
whole populations of them. A new official report shows that in the last
decade the number of wild bee species at risk of extinction has more than
doubled.
The Commission’s proposed changes would accelerate their deaths,
eliminating the mandatory renewal process, scientific assessment, and
safety reviews for some of the most dangerous chemicals that are in use
across Europe. It would be the biggest rollback on pesticide protections
the EU has ever seen and cause untold harm to pollinators, nature and our
health.
Right now, the pesticide industry is working hard to rush this through
before the public catches on. They have deep pockets and powerful
connections, but we can still stop it – if we move fast.
We have only a few days to influence what happens next. If we raise enough
in the next 24 hours, we can act quickly and confidently to the work and
reach decision-makers before our window of opportunity closes.
Millions of us helped win a Europe-wide ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
and forced some of the world’s biggest pesticide companies to pull their
products from the market. Now the threat is even more dangerous. Decades
of progress could be wiped out overnight.
John, this is a defining moment for bees and for the laws
that protect all of us from toxic pesticides. Your donation now will help
support our work to protect nature and people – can you chip in to help us
save the bees?
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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] ]Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in
10 years The Guardian 11 October 2025
[ [link removed] ]Will pesticides be let off hook by EU 'omnibus' deregulation? EU
Observer 27 October 2025
[ [link removed] ]EU Commission proposes unlimited pesticide approvals: Science
abandoned, industry interests above health and environment PAN Europe 18
November 2025
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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