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[ [link removed] ]Hands holding dead bees

John,

Beekeepers are finding a carpet of dead bees where hives used to live –
and it's about to get worse.

Bayer and Syngenta are using an “emergency” loophole in the law to try and
dismantle the progress we've made on banning neonics in Europe. Fields are
still soaking in banned bee-killing pesticides.

But we could close this bee-killing loophole and save the bees!

If we all come together and pitch in, we can create a mega legal fund that
bee-defenders everywhere can access to sue against these fake
“emergencies” — and force governments to enforce the ban.

This won’t be just one lawsuit – it could take many legal battles in
several countries until Bayer and Syngenta give up...so we need to be
ready.

John, can you chip in today to save the bees?



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Ever since we won the historic ban on bee-killing neonics, Bayer and
Syngenta have been trying to undermine it – and now they’ve found a new
tactic to keep their poisons in widespread use: sneakily helping
industrial farms come up with “emergencies” to dodge the rules and slip
their toxic pesticides past all of us.

And it’s working. There have been over 65 approvals to use banned
bee-killing pesticides across Europe since 2018.

Make no mistake, Bayer and Syngenta will repeat this over and over until
they essentially weaken and then destroy the bee-saving ban.

That’s why your role in this fight to save the bees – and protect the
bee-saving ban – is more important than ever, John.

Together we fought for and won the historic bee-saving ban on pesticides
that’s sparked a wave of new restrictions and bans around the world – but
our fight in Europe isn't over.

We can’t close this loophole without your help, John – can
you chip in to create the largest bee-defender legal fund to save the
bees?



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We’ve gone toe-to-toe against pesticide giants in court before – and
won. Let’s do it again and make sure bee-killing neonics stay banned for
good. 



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Yasmin and the team at SumOfUs



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]‘Carpet of bees’: How Romania flouts EU ban on bee-killing
insecticides. Politico. 14 July 2022.

[ [link removed] ]UK overrules scientific advice by lifting ban on bee-harming pesticide.
The Guardian. 01 March 2022.

[ [link removed] ]Loophole keeps bee-killing pesticides in widespread use, two years
after EU ban. Unearthed. 08 July 2020.

 

 

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