Various species of animals across the globe — from wild bees and moths to hummingbirds and fruit bats – pollinate flowering plants. We rely on these pollinators to grow our food — but sadly, more than 40 percent of pollinators are facing extinction.
Bumblebee populations have declined nearly 90 percent in the last 20 years, thanks to habitat loss, disease, climate change and pesticide use. The American bumblebee in particular has disappeared entirely from eight states, and populations have declined 50 to 99 percent in New York, the Midwest and the Southeast.
Losing bumblebees would be devastating. They’re vital for pollinating crops like tomatoes and strawberries, as well as the wildflowers that birds and small mammals rely on for food.
Food & Water Action is fighting to save our pollinators by pushing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the use of dangerous pesticides, and by supporting legislation like the Saving America’s Pollinators Act.
This critical legislation would protect pollinators by immediately canceling the registration of dangerous pesticides called neonicotinoids. It would also direct the EPA to create a Pollinator Protection Board which would independently review pesticides for their threats to pollinators and habitats, as well as monitor pollinator populations — keeping dangerous pesticides from ever being used.
With your help, we can continue pushing our members of Congress to support this legislation and save our pollinators before it’s too late.
Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Action and its affiliated organization, Food & Water Watch, are advocacy groups with a common mission to protect our food, water and climate.
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