Dear John,
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Use your voice to demand the EPA ban one of the most toxic pesticides to bees.
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When Donald Trump took office, one of his first actions was to reverse protections from the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Demand the EPA ban one of the most toxic pesticides to bees.
Now, with the Biden/Harris administration coming into power, we have the chance to reinstate this protection. This common-sense action would protect children, bees, and rural communities from chlorpyrifos’s dangerous effects.
We need your help, John, to push the EPA to protect Americans and bees from chlorpyrifos.
Demand the EPA stop the use of the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos is one of the most toxic pesticides on the market. It damages children’s developing brains, and the EPA says there’s no safe level of exposure. But it’s sprayed on a wide variety of crops, including soybeans, almonds, and grapes.
Chlorpyrifos is banned in the European Union, and several states -- including California, New York, and Hawaii -- have already taken steps to ban it. And the world’s largest manufacturer of the pesticide, Dow, has agreed to stop producing the chemical by the end of the year.
Twice, EPA scientists have recommended that this toxic chemical be banned. Banning this pesticide would be an easy action for Biden’s administration to take as soon as it’s in office -- proving to the American people that it will stand up to the pesticide industry.
The fate of our future generations falls on the EPA. Will you send it a message to demand it ban this toxic chemical?
Tell the EPA: Our future generations are more important than chemical industry profits!
Studies show that even small amounts of chlorpyrifos exposure can alter the development of a child’s brain. It has been linked to reduced IQ, loss of working memory, and autism.
Farmworkers and their families are regularly exposed to chlorpyrifos. This puts them at increased risk of pesticide poisoning and many neurological issues from attention deficit disorders to Parkinson’s disease.
Additionally, chlorpyrifos threatens our food system by harming bees. Bees are responsible for one in three bites of food that we eat -- but they’re dying at alarming rates.
The evidence is clear: Chlorpyrifos only benefits the pesticide companies who make it. And the risks of allowing its continued use are far too great. This pesticide was restricted before Trump took office -- so now, we need your help to undo the damage Trump did and reinstate protections from it.
30,000 signatures still needed: Demand the EPA ban chlorpyrifos as soon as Biden is sworn in.
Standing with you,
Kendra Klein, PhD,
Senior staff scientist,
Friends of the Earth
