Support healthy bees & thriving farms
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- Published on Thursday, 30 June 2016 13:15
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Pitch in for healthy pollinators & a thriving food system Dear Paov,
Last week, PAN joined partners and friends in delivering more than 4 million comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The message? Protect bees and other pollinators from pesticides.
With the support of people like you — along with beekeepers, farmers and scientists — we’re working for effective, bee-protective policies. And while there have been powerful shifts at local and state levels, our federal decisionmakers are (finally!) starting to get in gear.
This is an uphill battle. Pesticidemakers like Bayer and Syngenta are investing heavily to keep their bee-harming products on the market. And EPA is only just now taking a closer look at the impacts of neonicotinoids on pollinators — even though these chemicals have been widely used for more than a decade.
Help us keep this important issue front and center! By donating today, you'll support critical policy shifts for bees, farmers — and all of us who enjoy the food they provide.
As beekeeper Steve Ellis recently told us, “Honey bees, like mine, are subjected to an increasingly toxic load of pesticides. It’s time to rethink the use of neonicotinoids.”
Yes, it is. In fact, it’s time to rethink our over-reliance on pesticides across the board. And with your support, we’re working for a food system that will sustain pollinators, farmers and communities — not pesticide corporations. If that sounds good to you, r2