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Jul 12, 2019, 12:07:37 PM7/12/19
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Ban or relicense? This is a vital question for bees as EU considers what to do.
This is a plea for funds which  you may wish to respond to to help sway the decision. It is lobbyists vs the public.
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Cherry
 
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 3:56 PM
Subject: Thiacloprid: crucial EU decision ahead
 
 
 

Bees, birds, and humans alike are under threat from thiacloprid, the Bayer pesticide that could be re-approved as soon as a week from now.

We’ve got a plan to get this poison out of Europe -- but the clock is ticking, and we won’t be able to pull it off without your help. Will you chip in?

If you've saved your payment information with SumOfUs, your donation will go through immediately:

Cherry,

The EU is on the verge of a decision that could spell horrible news for bees. But you’ve got a chance to sway it in the right direction.

In just one week, officials are discussing whether to ban or relicense the pesticide thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid produced by Bayer that damages the health of bees and even people.

Bayer’s lobbyists are piling on the pressure for the EU to keep this poison on the market -- but a massive outcry from the public could force a ban and save the bees.

We’re planning a giant Facebook ad blitz to get all of Europe to sign our petition to ban thiacloprid, but we don’t yet have the funds to pull it off.

That’s where you come in. Will you chip in to get this poison out of Europe?

If you've saved your payment information with SumOfUs, your donation will go through immediately:

Bayer still thinks it can win on this -- it’s banking on people like you and me not knowing or caring about the EU’s closed-door pesticide meetings.

But we know that when we get the word out about bee-killing thiacloprid, people take action with us. We've already tested targeted Facebook ads, and it’s clear it works! Thousands have already signed our petition -- your donation today will make those numbers sky rocket.

With enough public pressure leading up to the meeting, the EU will have no choice but to ban thiacloprid.

We have the ads ready to go, we just need the funds to blast them out far and wide. Will you get them out?

If you've saved your payment information with SumOfUs, your donation will go through immediately:

SumOfUs doesn’t have the financial reserves of an agro-chemical giant. We win campaigns because we make smart use of the resources we have -- and our most valuable one is people. A single petition signature might not look like much, but hundreds of thousands of them, coming from all over Europe, could protect the bees and farmers in danger of being poisoned by deadly thiacloprid.

That’s how we won against Bayer last year, when our million-strong petition helped convince the EU Commission to ban three of the most dangerous neonicotinoid pesticides. And that’s how we’ll win this time -- with a little extra push from you.

So please, will you help get the public buzzing about this toxic threat to the bees?

If you've saved your payment information with SumOfUs, your donation will go through immediately:

Thanks for all that you do,
David, Rebecca, and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

Thiacloprid — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts, Pesticide News, 23 November 2017
Phytopharmaceuticals, Agendas and Summary Reports, European Commission website, 4 July 2019
European Union expands ban of three neonicotinoid pesticides, Science, 27 April 2018

 
 

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