Hi John,

Three weeks ago, my colleague Sophie wrote to break the worrying news that the government had approved a banned bee-killing pesticide for use. One teaspoon is enough to kill 1.25 billion bees.

984,000 people have now told the government to enforce a TOTAL ban on bee-killing pesticides.

Can you help us reach a million voices in defence of bees? If the roles were reversed I reckon they’d do it for us.

Tell them to leave our bees alone: [link removed]

For more info, please check out Sophie's email below.

Thanks for all you do,

Joe

Hi John,

I’m shocked that I’m having to write this. For the third year in a row, the government has just approved a banned bee-killing pesticide for use. [1]

Tell them to leave our bees alone: [link removed]

984,000 have signed - will you add your name?

The government’s latest decision goes directly against their own expert scientific advisors - who have consistently said the government shouldn’t lift the ban of this pesticide because of the harm it will cause to bees. [2] A single teaspoon of the pesticide is enough to kill 1.25 BILLION bees.

Bees play a vital role in our food chain and around a third of the food we eat relies on their pollination. So why is the government risking their health by lifting the ban on this dangerous pesticide?

Will you help send a clear message to the government, that the British public don’t want this harmful pesticide going anywhere near our already threatened bees?

Tell them to leave our bees alone: [link removed]

It’s pretty depressing, but in short the reason the government has lifted the ban is they’ve been lobbied by the sugar industry who want to use the pesticide against a virus in the sugar beet crop.

But these chemicals are not the answer. Not only do they endanger our already declining bee populations, they’ve also been linked to huge declines in our bird population [3] and to pollution of our already toxic rivers. [4]If the government wants to protect our food chain in a responsible way, it should help farmers find alternatives to harmful pesticides that work with nature, not against it.

John, so far over 984,000 people have signed the urgent petition calling on the UK government to enforce a total ban on bee-killing pesticides. Will you add your name now and help us get to a million?

Tell them to leave our bees alone: [link removed]

Thanks for all that you do,

Sophie

Greenpeace UK

NOTES:

[1] [2] Bee-harming pesticide use given emergency authorisation: [link removed]

[3] Huge decline in songbirds linked to common insecticide: [link removed]

[4] UK supermarket salad suppliers investigated over pesticides in rivers: [link removed]



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