John,

Bees are dying by the millions every year, and Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller is one of the culprits.¹

Roundup is the #1 selling weedkiller in the world, and its main ingredient, glyphosate, has been linked to widespread bee deaths and is a probable human carcinogen, according to the World Health Organization.²

It's long past time to ban glyphosate, but instead, Trump is going in the opposite direction, actually weakening protections for bees and against the chemical.

We need to step up NOW to save the bees and stop Monsanto's glyphosate. Will you make a donation today? Yes, I'll donate to save the bees and stop Monsanto's glyphosate.

Last winter alone, U.S. beekeepers lost 40 percent of honeybee colonies, putting our food supply at risk.³

One in three bites of food we eat relies on bees for pollination. Peaches, tomatoes, apples, cherries, coffee, chocolate... all rely on bees.⁴

But since taking office, Donald Trump has delivered one blow after another to bees:

• Repealed a ban on bee-killing pesticides in wildlife refuges.⁵
• Blocked consumer labeling of the human health risks of the bee-killing pesticide glyphosate.⁶
• Approved the mega merger of Bayer and Monsanto, creating a global pesticide and seed giant.⁷
• Killed off scientific studies on the impact of bee-killing pesticides.⁸
• Approved the widespread use of sulfoxaflor, another pesticide considered “very highly toxic to bees.”⁹

For decades, Food & Water Action has been the leading grassroots organization fighting for safe food, clean water and consumers' right to know. Because bees are such vital pollinators, their survival is absolutely critical for the health of organic, non-GMO, non-industrial agriculture.

Onward together,

Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch

1. Study: Roundup Weed Killer Could Be Linked to Widespread Bee Deaths, NPR, September 25, 2018.
2. Widely Used Herbicide Linked to Cancer, Scientific American, March 25, 2015.
3.  More Bad Buzz for Bees: Record Number of Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, NPR, June 19, 2019.
4.  List of Pollinated Food, Pollinator Partnership, accessed September 24, 2019.
5.  Trump administration lifts ban on bee-killing chemicals and GMO crops in wildlife refuges, The Independent, August 7, 2018.
6.  Trump administration says it won't approve Roundup cancer-warning labels, CBS News, August 9, 2019.
7.  Justice Department approves Bayer-Monsanto merger in landmark settlement, The Washington Post, May 29, 2018.
8.  Honeybees hit by Trump budget cuts, CNN, July 6, 2019.
9.  EPA to allow use of pesticide considered ‘very highly toxic’ to bees, The Washington Post, July 12, 2019.