Around the world, bees are dying at an alarming rate. New science points to the world's most popular class of pesticides,
called
neonicotinoids (or neonics), made by giant chemical companies
Bayer and Syngenta, as the key factor in the global bee die-off crisis.
These key pollinators need our help. Without immediate action to
save bees, which pollinate two-thirds of our food crops, everything from
almonds to strawberries could disappear from supermarket shelves.
Fortunately, Representatives John Conyers (D-MI) and Earl
Blumenauer (D-OR) just introduced a bill to give our bees a fighting
chance. The Save America's Pollinators Act would suspend the use
of toxic, bee-killing pesticides until a full review of scientific
evidence indicates they are safe and a field study demonstrates they do
no harm to bees and other pollinators.
Europe has banned bee-killing pesticides, but the EPA has delayed action until 2018.
The bees can't wait, and neither can we.
That's why I started a petition to the United States House of Representatives, urging them to co-sponsor
HR 2692, the Save America's Pollinators Act.
Thanks!
–Peter Stocker
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