Protect Our Bees and Our Food Supply From a Chemical Onslaught!
Bees and other pollinators are dying at an alarming rate, in large part
due to a deluge of toxic neonic pesticides pushed by agrochemical giants.
Send a message to President Biden’s EPA urging them to follow the science
and crackdown on bee-killing neonics to protect the future of our food
supply before it’s too late.
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Dear NRDC Activist,
Bees and other pollinators are in a death spiral — and that spells trouble
for us all.
A whopping 43 percent of the nation's honeybee colonies were lost over the
past year — the second-highest loss ever recorded. And the 4,000-plus
species of wild bees nationwide aren't faring much better.
Scientists pin much of the blame on the torrent of bee-toxic pesticides,
called neonics, that giant agrochemical corporations like Bayer — backed
by the might of their Washington lobbying machine — have been allowed to
unleash, virtually unchecked.
One out of every three bites of food — fruits, vegetables, and nuts —
depends on bees and other pollinators. This devastating decline in bees
could mean increased food prices, reduced access to healthier foods, and
food scarcity that will hit low-income communities and communities of
color especially hard.
But there's hope yet: President Biden has promised to restore science to
its rightful role in protecting our environment and health. And if you
follow the science on toxic, bee-killing neonic pesticides — it is clear
they must be banned.
The EPA is currently reviewing the dangers of neonic pesticides, and they
won't be required to review these bee-toxic chemicals again for another 15
years. That means we must do everything we can NOW to get the EPA to ban
bee-killing uses of neonics — and that starts with your signature right
now.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition and send your message to new EPA Administrator
Michael Regan urging him to take swift, decisive action to ban bee-killing
uses of neonic pesticides.
NRDC has been leading the charge to win life-saving protections for bees
and other pollinators. And the Biden administration's commitment to
environmental protection has brought a welcome wave of relief and
optimism. Now, we need to build a groundswell of public pressure — and
courtroom action — to put an end to Big Ag's outsized influence in
Washington once and for all.
During this terrible pandemic, when many families have been struggling to
put food on the table, it is more important than ever to protect the
future of our food supply. It's time for the EPA to do its part by
protecting these critical pollinators and standing up for people over
pesticide industry profits.
[ [link removed] ]This may be our best — and last! — chance to protect our bees and other
pollinators, and we need all hands on deck:
will you
join us? Your signature today can mean a more secure food supply and
healthier ecosystems in the future — so please sign now!
NRDC is no stranger to using the courts to protect pollinators. Earlier
this year, we scored a major legal victory against the Trump
administration requiring the EPA to start analyzing the effects of
imidacloprid, one of the most widely used neonics on endangered and
threatened species.
Now we are counting on the new administration to stop this runaway
pesticide use that's killing our bees and is a threat to the future of our
food supplies. And NRDC is ready to use all the tools at our disposal —
from generating a massive public outcry to racing to court, and everything
in-between — to help make sure that happens.
[ [link removed] ]Quickly send a message to the EPA and
join the fight against Big Ag to put an end to rampant neonic use!
The months ahead could decide the long-term fate of bees and other
struggling pollinators. There's too much at risk for us to do nothing:
* Fewer bees = less food. There are now barely enough bees available
each year to pollinate key food crops. And that's only thanks to the
tireless efforts of beekeepers to replace lost hives ...
* The deluge of neonics is a leading cause of bee deaths. Acute exposure
to neonics can kill bees directly and chronic exposure weakens these
critical pollinators — making it harder for them to forage for food,
find their way back to their hive, combat parasites and disease, and
survive winter ...
* Exposure to neonics is risky business for our health. Federally funded
research suggests there may be links between neonic exposure and
malformations of the developing heart and brain ...
* Scientists have been ringing alarm bells. Drastic declines in
pollinators like honeybees, wild bees, butterflies, and songbirds have
been linked to rampant neonic use. As pollinator populations have
plummeted, neonic sales have soared and are now the most heavily used
class of insecticides in the United States ...
No more. The survival of bees, people's health, and the future of our food
supply are on the line.
[ [link removed] ]Please join us in urging Biden's EPA chief to
make banning neonics a top priority for the new administration. Together
we can send a message that is too loud to ignore!
Thank you for standing with us.
Sincerely,
[1]Mitch
Mitch Bernard
President, NRDC
[2]Mitch
Photo: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.
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