Tell EPA It’s Past Time to Protect Bees from Neonicotinoid Pesticides

From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org):

There’s good news for bees: We know one of the leading causes of bee die-offs. So why are companies still allowed to use and sell bee-killing pesticides that have devastating effects on our delicate ecosystems?

Neonicotinoids — or neonics — are still the most widely used class of pesticides in the world, even though they’ve been linked to plummeting bee populations, health defects in birds, and even developmental issues for deer.¹

The answer is clear. These pesticides shouldn’t be on store shelves.

Go to https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=44825 to tell the EPA: It’s past time to ban the worst uses of neonics to help save the bees.

We have the chance to influence an important EPA decision that could protect precarious bee populations. The Biden administration’s EPA could have a huge impact on protecting our most important pollinators, as it continues to review the harm caused by neonics. We need the agency to regulate seeds coated with neonics and to follow the lead of several states by banning the sale of these bee-killing pesticides to consumers.

We need to make sure the EPA knows that Americans like you care about this issue.

Without bees, our ecosystems and food supply would be in big trouble. Bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crops that provide 90 percent of the world’s food, including strawberries, almonds and coffee. We also have bees to thank for our vibrant springs and favorite flowering plants.²

We know what’s killing bees. Now we need to save nature’s best pollinators. Tell the EPA to protect bees from pesticides.

Warm summer months remind me how much I don’t want to live in a world without bees — especially since we know what we can do to save them. If we give up bee-killing pesticides, we won’t have to give up wildflowers, our favorite summer foods like watermelons, or thriving ecosystems that rely on bees for pollination.

It’s time to take action to save our pollinators before we reach a summer where we no longer have the option.

Take action to save the bees and send your message to the EPA today.

1. Elizabeth Royte, “These widely used insecticides may be a threat to mammals too,” National Geographic, February 5, 2021.
2. “Humans must change behaviour to save bees, vital for food production,” UN News, March 10, 2011.