A new investigation shows how pesticide giants Bayer and
Syngenta are undermining all the work we've done to ban bee-killing
pesticides in Europe -- by ramping up sales across
Africa!
These toxic double standards threaten to decimate bees and other
pollinators across the continent -- already beekeepers have
reported plummeting numbers.
Now an alarmed group of scientists in Ghana are
campaigning for a national ban on neonics. This would be a
huge win that could set off a chain reaction in other countries,
showing the chemical giants they have nowhere to
turn.
But they can’t do it without your help -- the cocoa industry is
Ghana’s biggest neonics user and the powerful Cocoa Board is
in bed with pesticide manufacturers.
With extra funds the scientists can gather irrefutable
evidence of the damage wrought by neonics in Ghana and
convince the politicians these chemicals must go.
Can you chip in $2 to supercharge the
campaign?
Yes,
I will chip in $2 to stop bee-killing pesticides in Africa.
This is toxic corporate behaviour. It’s what the cigarette
companies did too -- beaten in Europe and North America, they went
to prey on African countries where people have fewer regulatory
protections. We need to back this campaign to show all
corporations with harmful products they can’t just dump their poison
on Africa with abandon.
In Ghana, pesticides are already having an impact. Cocoa covers
over 30% of Ghanaian farmland, which is now loaded with lethal
neurotoxins like imidacloprid, which leach into surrounding soil.
Yields are falling and experts say it’s because
these chemicals are harming key pollinators -- but to win over key
officials, they need more evidence.
Ghana has an election coming up so it’s the perfect time to ramp
up the pressure. With your help, Ghanaian scientists can run a study
to show the damage neonics are wreaking on local biodiversity and
then launch a huge advocacy and media push to get out the
results.
Showing neonics are actually hurting Ghana's
economy could shift the whole national conversation and
help secure a ban -- that could spread across the continent. Can you
chip in?
Yes,
I will chip in $2 to stop bee-killing pesticides in Africa.
Our community was crucial in winning a prohibition on toxic
neonics in Europe. Right now we have an opportunity to launch a
fight that will close off another market for the chemical giants
trashing the planet.
