Two years ago you won a ban on bee-killing pesticides across
Europe. Yet some countries are still flooding their
fields with these neonics -- using an "emergency" loophole
in the pesticide law.
We just found out that EU politicians are about to discuss this
toxic loophole -- at a closed-door meeting in only 5
days. But economic fallout from Covid-19 means leaders
are under huge pressure to let the pesticide industry keep
cashing in on the bee massacre.
Bayer and Co are breathing down ministers’ backs
-- but with your help we can drown them out.
Your $1 donation will pay for targeted ads to reach key ministers
and show them that the people back the bees, NOT
Bayer. If everyone reading this email chips in a little we
have a fighting shot at convincing ministers to close this toxic
loophole -- but only if we move fast.
Can
you chip in $1 to save the bees from toxic pesticides?
Since we banned neonics in 2018, more and more evidence has
emerged of just how dangerous they are to bees. Even years
after they're used, their residue in crop fields is enough to poison
and kill as many as half the bees foraging
there.
But in Spain, Belgium, Romania, Lithuania, Poland and Finland,
industrial farms -- often backed by Bayer and Co themselves -- are
abusing the EU's "emergency" pesticide authorisation system
to keep using neonics by the tonne. They claim they have no
other choice, but we all know farmers don't need bee-killing
pesticides to grow healthy crops.
The EU already asked agriculture ministers to stop allowing these
authorisations. But as recently as last month, amid Covid-19
chaos, lettuce growers in Belgium were granted a new neonic
licence.
We urgently need to crack down on these rule-breakers before more
countries decide to follow. Our bees can't hold out much longer --
with the emergency meeting days away, will you chip in $1 to force
the EU to act?
Yes,
I'll chip in $1 now to save the bees from toxic neonics.
The past few months have been overwhelming for us all -- and
megacorporations like Bayer are all too eager to profit from
the upheaval by demanding less oversight and fewer
regulations.
That's why it's so important that you and I keep holding them to
account. We need to come out of this crisis with a healthier
planet, not a sicker one. That means fighting harder than
ever on behalf of bees and the rest of our natural world.
Thankfully, I know you're up to the challenge. Even in the midst
of the pandemic, SumOfUs members like you chipped in to help
beekeepers speak truth to power during Bayer's online AGM.
And you've teamed up in droves to demand the EU's plans for a
coronavirus recovery put people and the planet over banks and big
business.
The bees are lucky to have you on their side. Please, can you act
now to protect them once more?
Yes,
I'll donate $1 to save the bees from toxic neonics.
