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The final battle for the bees

The final battle for the bees
This is massive news! This year could see a crackdown on toxic bee-killing pesticides in Europe, Canada and the United States. But it won’t happen unless we go all out.

Neonicotinoids have turned our farms into bee-killing fields. Billions are dying globally, and without them our crops won’t be pollinated. Our whole food chain is under threat!

It’s a no-brainer to ban these poisons. But shockingly officials close to the chemical companies are blocking the votes, arguing there isn’t enough evidence of a bee die-off. So we’ve come up with a three-point plan to win:
  1. Turn the pesticide scientists into whistleblowers to testify to officials and Ministers;
  2. Run urgent studies to show how crops will flourish without these poisons;
  3. Launch massive public campaigns with political champions to win the bans.
We know all the key players, and our movement is uniquely able to raise enough, fast enough to run this campaign worldwide. If 50,000 of us chip in just the cost of a couple of bottles of honey today, we can do this. This is a final battle for the bees -- chip in what you can.