Your Signature is Needed: Don’t allow the EPA to approve neonics for another 15 years

 

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: The EPA is set to APPROVE bee-killing pesticides for another 15 years -- but we can still STOP this! Over the last two decades, the populations of critical wild bee species have PLUMMETED: The Rusty-Patched Bumblebee population has dropped by 87%, the American Bumblebee by 89%, and the Western Bumblebee by 93%. Research points to neonics as a leading cause of these massive bee die-offs. The most widely used pesticides in the world, neonics have made agriculture nearly 50 times more toxic to insects. Neonics are EXTREMELY DEADLY TO BEES. They attack bees’ nervous systems and can harm their ability to navigate, find food, fight pests and diseases, and even reproduce. If we’re going to protect wild bees and other pollinators from being wiped out, we MUST demand an end to the widespread use of bee-killing neonics. Will you take action NOW to help SAVE WILD BEES before it’s too late? SIGN THE PETITION Bees are essential for our food chain and way of life. We rely on these helpful little pollinators for 1 out of 3 bites of food that we eat and 75% of the world’s most nutritious food crops like fruits, veggies, and nuts. Almonds wouldn’t even EXIST if it weren’t for bees! And without bees and other pollinators, crops like coffee and chocolate would be in short supply, making them more expensive and harder to obtain.   But TOXIC bee-killing neonics are threatening critical pollinators and the health of our ecosystems. Recent studies have even shown that widespread use of neonics may be harmful to humans -- especially to children. The EU has already banned the worst neonics, and states like MD and NJ have implemented restrictions on them. Yet the EPA is still preparing to APPROVE these DANGEROUS pesticides for ANOTHER 15 years. Wild bees can’t wait that long, Tony, so we urgently need you to take action with us before it’s too late. Add your name right now to PROTECT POLLINATORS from TOXIC NEONICS! >> SIGN THE PETITION Thanks for taking urgent action. Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 Contact us Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: