Good news for the bees: France has banned sulfoxaflor,
the pesticide that’s been shown to reduce bumblebee colony sizes by
half!
Over 274,000 SumOfUs members like you have demanded
Europe stop using this bee-harming neonicotinoid
“replacement”. France’s decision is a sure sign that our
people power is working -- but we can’t stop till bees
everywhere are safe from the toxic threat.
If we ramp up the pressure on EU agriculture ministers right now,
we could wipe sulfoxaflor off the continent.
Please,
will you add your name and tell the EU to ban sulfoxaflor
immediately?
Thanks for all that you do,
David and the team at SumOfUs
Have you heard about sulfoxaflor? The toxic
pesticide is nearly as bad as the bee-killing neonicotinoids that
SumOfUs members like you helped ban in the EU -- but it’s still
legal, despite evidence it can reduce the size of bee
colonies by over 50 percent.
But the pesticide lobbyists didn’t see last year’s EU
election results coming. Across the continent,
Europeans voted in favour of a green future,
defying many far-right expectations and sending a powerful message
to politicians.
Right now, while green momentum is running high, is our
best chance to finally slam the door on sulfoxaflor and get our
fields humming again. Please, will you join over 240,000
SumOfUs members like you to defend the bees from this deadly
chemical?
Tell
the EU to listen to the people and ban toxic sulfoxaflor!
In March, a review by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
confirmed what scientists have known for years: sulfoxaflor
is a menace to bees. It works on the same receptors as
neonicotinoids, and has a disastrous effect on bee reproduction.
With the lives of our vulnerable bees in the balance --
and the people who depend on crops they pollinate
-- it’s essential to get this pesticide off our
fields. Yet the EU still hasn't pulled the pesticide,
thanks to pesticide lobbyists striving to convince them how
“harmless” it is.
Their influence ends now.
In last year’s ‘green wave’, voters across Europe elected
environment-saving decision makers who now hold the balance of
power. Together, we’ve got to tell the new, greener EU that
it's now essential to make bees a priority.
It's in our hands to ban dangerous pesticides. We proved
it that in 2018, when 650,000 SumOfUs members like you got the EU
Commission to ban bee-harming neonicotinoids. With enough
numbers, we can overpower the lobbyists again and get sulfoxaflor
banned for good.
With a clean slate in the European Parliament, we’ve got
to act fast. Will you sign now and show the EU that
Europe’s concern for bees doesn’t stop at the voting booth?
Tell
the EU to save the bees and stop this disastrous
pesticide!
