Friend,

It's a simple equation: When two toxic pesticides are added together, their effects are multiplied.1

And when pesticides such as neonicotinoids -- which have been linked to bee die-offs -- are part of the mix, it spells trouble for our food supply. Imagine: no more apples, almonds or alfalfa, to name just a few.2

To save the bees and the foods they make possible, we're calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the worst uses of neonics. Add your name today.

Out of the top 100 crops that provide 90 percent of the world's food, bees pollinate 71 of them. Yet, a billion pounds of pesticides are sprayed across the United States each year, contributing to bee-die offs with alarming consequences for our food supply.3

Neonicotinoids -- or neonics for short -- are a common class of pesticides used in agriculture as well as on our parks, lawns and gardens.4 On their own, neonics are already toxic to bees -- making them sick, infecting the hive and consequently hindering the ability to reproduce for honeybees, forager bees and nurse bees alike.5

It simply makes no sense to continue spraying a pesticide known to harm bees on our crops and gardens when we count on bees to make so many of our foods possible.

Tell the EPA to ban the worst uses of neonics today.

To make matters worse, farmers commonly mix insecticides with other pesticides before treating their fields, which amplifies their effects.6 Research has shown that fungicides make neonics even more deadly for bees. With this chemical combination, it takes half as much of the chemicals to kill just as many bees.7

These are statistics that our food supply can't afford to face. It's time for the EPA to ban the worst uses of these toxic pesticides.

Join us in calling on the EPA to take action to save the bees and our food supply.

Thank you,

Faye Park
President

1. Benji Jones, "Pesticides can amplify each other. Bees have become the victims," Vox, August 17, 2021.
2. "Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides," U.S.PIRG, last accessed August 20, 2021.
3. Benji Jones, "Pesticides can amplify each other. Bees have become the victims," Vox, August 17, 2021.
4. "Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides," U.S.PIRG, last accessed August 20, 2021.
5. Roni Dengler, "Neonicotinoid pesticides are slowly killing bees," PBS, June 29, 2017.
6. Benji Jones, "Pesticides can amplify each other. Bees have become the victims," Vox, August 17, 2021.
7. Roni Dengler, "Neonicotinoid pesticides are slowly killing bees," PBS, June 29, 2017.