DONATIONS MATCHED 5X: Help us save our pollinators!

Our pollinators are dying and the deluge of toxic neonic pesticides
causing their populations to decline are also leaching into our waterways,
poisoning wildlife, and contaminating our food supply.

Make a gift to help us protect our precious pollinators from this neonic
assault. All gifts MATCHED 5X, up to $100,000.

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Dear NRDC Activist,

Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators — heralders of Spring and
essential contributors to food production — are in danger.

A torrent of bee-toxic pesticides called "neonics" — unleashed by
agrochemical companies like Bayer — continue to pummel vital pollinators,
and scientists believe they are largely to blame for bees' population
decline.

The EPA has done virtually nothing to rein in this assault, so we need to
do whatever it takes to put an end to bee-killing neonic uses. Will you
help us?

[ [link removed] ]RARE 5X MATCH OPPORTUNITY: Make a tax-deductible gift before May 25th
to help us end the harmful use of these deadly bee-killing chemicals, and
it'll go 5x as far, up to $100,000, for our pollinators and for defending
our environment on all fronts! Even $5 will make a
difference.

Acute exposure to neonics can kill bees directly, with some pesticides
being 5,000 to 10,000 times more toxic to bees than the now infamous DDT.
This devastation to pollinating bee and butterfly populations threatens
the balance of our entire ecosystem and food supply. But the agrochemical
industry's killing spree doesn't end there:

* Neonics are a threat to honeybees and the 4,000 species of native bees
in the U.S., including the endangered rusty-patched bumblebee. [ [link removed] ]5x
match your gift for bees.
* Neonics are taking aim at our crops. When pollinator populations
decline, so does our crop yield. Food we rely on pollinators to
produce — like apples, cherries, and blueberries — could become luxury
items fewer families can afford. [ [link removed] ]Protect the future of our food
supply with a gift today.
* Neonics are designed to get inside of plants. But in many cases, less
than five percent of the neonics applied ends up in treated plants.
The rest — a whopping 95% or more — are left to contaminate the soil,
our waterways, and can even end up in the food on our plates. [ [link removed] ]Help
put an end to this.
* Neonics are neurotoxic and they have been linked to birth defects and
neurological damage in people. [ [link removed] ]All gifts matched 5x.

These killer chemicals are everywhere, from the grass on our lawns to our
own bodies, and we need to stop their path of destruction. [ [link removed] ]Please make
a gift of just $5 before May
25th and unlock your 5x match that will help your donation do even more to
protect our pollinators.

Thanks to your help, our successful courtroom battles are forcing the EPA
to evaluate the effects of neonics on endangered species. We're also
rallying activists across the country to send thousands of letters,
mobilizing advocacy against the industry, and spurring people to take
local action to protect pollinators.

[ [link removed] ]When you donate just $5
before midnight on Wednesday, your gift
will be MATCHED 5x and do even more to power this critical work to save
our pollinators.

Together, we can build a healthy, sustainable future for our pollinators,
our lands and water, and our communities.

With gratitude,

Dan Raichel
Acting Director, Pollinator Initiative, Wildlife Division, Nature Program,
NRDC

Donations will be used to power NRDC’s work to end destructive neonic
uses, protect our pollinators, and for other campaigns that allow NRDC to
protect the environment in the most effective way possible.

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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