Dear John,
Pollinators are at risk of extinction. From monarch butterflies to bees, these
vital creatures are dying out at unprecedented rates -- threatening our
ecosystems and our food system alike. We have a plan to get stores to stop
selling the pesticides that kill them, but we need your help. Help ban toxic pesticides and save pollinators -- Rush a $10 donation to
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There’s no other way to put it: pollinators are facing mass extinction. Toxic
pesticides -- like Bayer-Monsanto’s neonicotinoids -- are a major driver of bee
die-offs. So, naturally, one of our key priorities is to get toxic pesticides
out of our food system -- starting with grocery retailers like Kroger.
Kroger, the largest traditional grocery chain in the country, could commit to
stop selling food grown with toxic pesticides. But the company has been dragging
its feet for years. So now, we’re working to put up a billboard right next to
Kroger’s headquarters, highlighting the company’s role in pollinator die-offs
and demanding it take the action that science -- and bees -- require. But we
need your help.
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[[link removed]]40% -- that’s the percentage of wild invertebrate pollinators that are already
on the brink of extinction. Butterflies, bees, moths -- many pollinators that
were once abundant are now disappearing. If we don’t take urgent action now, it
will only get worse.
We are already seeing the impact of pollinator declines on food production.
Crops like blueberries, cherries and apples all suffer from the lack of bees.
And we’re at risk too. Just this year, our testing uncovered a frightening
truth: These dangerous pesticides are so prevalent in our food products, that
many of us eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Pesticides like glyphosate -- the key ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup,
has been linked with cancer, endocrine disruption, DNA damage, decreased sperm
function, disruption of the gut microbiome and fatty liver disease.
By forcing retailers to stop selling food grown with these products, we can save
bees and other pollinators, preserve our food system and safeguard our own
health, all at the same time.
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[[link removed]]With your help, John, we are turning the tide in the
fight to save pollinators. We’ve won statewide pesticide bans. We’ve built
support for game-changing national legislation like The Saving America’s
Pollinators Act and the Ban Toxic Pesticides Act. We’ve forced most of the
garden industry to stop selling plants grown with bee-toxic neonicotinoids.
Now it’s Kroger’s turn.
As the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S., Kroger has the power to
make our food system healthier and safer for pollinators -- and all of us.
Kroger has responded to grassroots pressure. Thanks to you, Kroger created a
pollinator health policy encouraging farmers to move away from using toxic
pesticides towards alternative pest management.
But its policy doesn’t go far enough. It doesn’t include any clear commitments
or timelines to stop using pollinator-toxic pesticides. And without pollinators,
Kroger’s shelves would be pretty empty.
The company cares about its public image. That’s why we’re working to put up a
billboard right outside the company headquarters -- where the CEO will have to
drive by it every single day. At the same time, the billboard can help drive
media attention to the fact that Kroger sells food that was grown with
pesticides that kill pollinators, further pushing it to act fast.
It costs $5,000 to put up a billboard near Kroger’s Cincinnati headquarters. And
we’re running out of time -- for maximum impact, the billboard has to go up in
early January. So please, John, rush your $10 donation
to Friends of the Earth right now and help push Kroger to save the bees.
Help call out Kroger in the media by putting up a giant billboard near its
headquarters. Your $10 donation right now could help save bees from toxic
pesticides.
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[[link removed]]Thank you,
Kendra Klein, PhD,
Senior staff scientist,
Friends of the Earth
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