URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it's time to BAN toxic neonics that are driving bees and pollinators closer to EXTINCTION! Add your name now! >>
Friend, bees might be small, but they are mighty. Bees and other essential pollinators are responsible for 1 in 3 bites that we eat, including 75% of our most nutritious foods like fruits, veggies, and nuts.
It's hard to imagine a world with far less of the healthy foods we love readily available at the local grocery store! But that's what could happen if the massive decline in bees continues.
An "insect apocalypse." A "second Silent Spring." A "catastrophic collapse of nature's ecosystems." We aren't being dramatic here, Friend. This is how scientists are describing the loss of bees and other insects and the impact it would have on our planet!
A key driver in this devastating pollinator decline? Neonicotinoids. Also known as neonics, these toxic pesticides are FATAL to bees. Neonics can impact bees' ability to navigate and reproduce and can even kill bees directly on contact. But they're also the MOST WIDELY USED INSECTICIDES in agriculture.
The EPA has a chance to BAN neonics once and for all. Instead, it might actually APPROVE these pesticides for another 15 years! We can't let that happen, Friend. So we're counting on environmentalists like YOU to be a voice for the bees today: Will you speak up and take action now to protect our pollinators, our food supply, and the planet?
Neonics can directly hurt PEOPLE, too, Friend. These toxic pesticides can make their way into the very food you eat. They have been linked to health impacts like birth defects of the heart and brain, hormone disruption, and autism.
But Big Ag pesticide corporations continue to DOWNPLAY the harms of neonics and the devastating effects they have on pollinators, people, and the planet. Driven by their GREEDY and RECKLESS pursuit of money, these companies are putting us all at RISK in order to make a profit.
The European Union has already banned the worst neonics, and now we need the EPA to follow suit and protect us, too. Please, Friend, your voice is critical in the fight to protect the health of bees, humans, and the Earth. SIGN NOW: Tell the EPA to BAN toxic neonics before it's too late! >>
Your voice is critical to protecting our pollinators,
Friends of the Earth
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