Help Save The Future of Our Food Supply

Big Ag’s overuse of toxic pesticides is killing bees at an alarming rate.

Fewer bees = less food, which could lead to increased food prices and make
it even harder for historically marginalized communities to find healthy
food. This must be stopped.

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going twice as far to help us galvanize the public to protect pollinators
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Dear NRDC Activist,

There are barely enough bees available each year to pollinate key food
crops.

The grim reality is that honeybee populations are in disastrous decline,
and a leading factor is the unrelenting torrent of bee-toxic pesticides —
called neonics — pushed by agrochemical giants like Bayer.

That's not all: Widespread die-offs of bees and other vital pollinators
could lead to increased food prices and reduced access to healthier foods,
which will hit low-income communities and communities of color especially
hard.

Giant agrochemical corporations, with their army of lobbyists, have spent
decades fighting any and all attempts to rein in the use of their
dangerous pesticide products — and the Environmental Protection Agency has
let them get away with it for years.

But with a new administration in charge, NRDC is calling on the EPA to
start putting pollinators and people ahead of industry profits by banning
bee-killing uses of neonics. And we need your support to fight back
against the chemical giants' influence however we need to — from the halls
of Washington to the courts.

[ [link removed] ]Please
rush a tax-deductible gift today to support our fight to save pollinators
and defend our environment on all fronts. If you become a Monthly Partner
before March 31, every dollar of your first THREE gifts will be matched,
up to $250,000.

We'll put it right to work, building a groundswell of public support in
defense of imperiled pollinators, sounding the alarm in the media about
the risks neonics pose to our food supply, particularly for communities
already suffering from food scarcity, and taking the fight all the way to
federal court if necessary.

The
damage caused by neonics cannot be overstated.

Acute exposure to the pesticide can kill bees directly — some neonics are
5,000 to 10,000 more toxic to bees than DDT. Chronic exposure also weakens
bees, making it harder for them to forage for food, find their way back to
their hive, combat parasites and disease, and survive winter.

It's not just honeybees that suffer: scientists have been ringing alarm
bells about drastic declines in other pollinators, like wild bees,
butterflies, and songbirds.

Yet, as pollinator populations decline, neonic sales have soared. Neonics
are now the most heavily used class of insecticides in the United States
and applied to an estimated 150 million acres of crops each year.

NRDC is working around the clock to make sure the EPA bans bee-killing
uses of neonics once and for all — the future of our food supply depends
on it. But we can't win this all-out fight to turn the tide on Big Ag's
chemical juggernaut without your support.

[ [link removed] ]Become a Monthly Partner today and
your first three gifts for the environment will be DOUBLED to help us
outmaneuver Bayer and other big chemical makers, galvanize the public, and
make sure the EPA puts science — and the future of our food supply —
before Big Ag's profits. Please, give today so that we can defend our
environment on all fronts.

We must stop the pesticide onslaught that is wiping out bees and
threatening our food supply — for the sake of our pollinators, our
communities, and our health. [ [link removed] ]And with your support, I know we can win.

Sincerely,

[1]Mitch
Mitch Bernard
President, NRDC
[2]Mitch


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