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John,

Beekeepers are finding a carpet of dead bees where hives used to live –
and it's about to get much 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, and now
fields are again drenched in these toxic pesticides.

But we could close this bee-killing loophole!

Right now, local bee-defenders are preparing to sue against these fake
"emergencies" and make governments enforce the ban. If everyone reading
this chips in the cost of a jar of honey, we could raise the funds they
need to fight to close this bee-killing loophole – can you chip in to
help?



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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 destroy the bee-saving ban. That's why it's more important than ever
that we come together to protect this crucial bee-saving ban. 

It won’t be just one lawsuit – it could take many legal battles before
Bayer and Syngenta finally give up...but with your
help, John, we have a real chance of winning.



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We’ve gone toe-to-toe against pesticide giants in court before – and
won. Let’s do it again!



  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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