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US: Save the bees

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To US President Barack Obama and head of the US Environmental Protection Agency Gina McCarthy:

We call on you to immediately suspend the use of neonicotinoid pesticides until and unless new independent scientific studies prove they are safe. The catastrophic demise of bee colonies is a warning that these chemicals could put our entire food chain in danger. Please act urgently and wisely.
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US: Save the bees
Bees are vanishing. These industrious creatures that bring us almost one out of every three bites of our food — and most wildflowers — are collapsing in a rain of toxic pesticides. But finally the US government could take action to ban these bee-killing poisons.

Let’s make this the moment for bees! Submit a comment to the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA). The talking points below are just a guide. Insiders have told us that the more personal you make your comment the more impactful it will be:

  • We need bees for the stability of our food supply. Bees are responsible for pollinating 70 out of the world’s top 100 food crops.
  • The EU has already banned neonicotinoids because of their danger to bees. How can the government justify the continued use of a chemical that governments and scientists around the world have found plays a major role in the colony collapse of our bees?
  • In high doses neonicotinoids cause swift death by paralysis. But exposure to a low dose can be even worse - bees bring the poisons back to their hives, threatening entire colonies. The EPA must act wisely and suspend these dangerous chemicals entirely.

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