I met with Eugene Thilsted of the EPA and presented the petition with 167,656 supporters signatures!
The European Union has already banned neonicotinoids, and it is now time for the United States to follow suit. We are calling on the EPA to implement a US ban immediately, before it is too late.
Neonicotinoids have been used in seeds that cover more than 150 million acres — that is the size of California and Washington combined. In one incident, over 37 million bees died after one corn crop was planted with the toxin.
Happy Earth Day!!!
Thank you SO much for signing my petition and helping make a statement to the EPA
to ban the neonicotinoid poisons!
Friday, April 22, 2016, at 10 AM, I met with Eugene Thilsted of the EPA and presented the petition with 167,656 supporters signatures!
The European Union has already banned neonicotinoids, and it is now time for the United States to follow suit. We are calling on the EPA to implement a US ban immediately, before it is too late.
Neonicotinoids have been used in seeds that cover more than 150 million acres — that is the size of California and Washington combined. In one incident, over 37 million bees died after one corn crop was planted with the toxin.
Crops and food prices have already taken a hit because of record-breaking droughts. Add colony collapse disorder to the mix, and our tables will soon be empty of the fruits and vegetables we’ve come to count on.
Do we want to leave our children and grandchildren a world without bees?
The stakes are too high, and we owe it to them to take action now.
Get more details here:
- http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2012/120111KrupkeBees
- http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/04/pesticide-tied-to-bee-colony-collapse/
- http://marketbusinessnews.com/bees-crave-neonicotinoid-pesticides-like-humans-with-nicotine/58089
- http://naturalsociety.com/37-million-bees-found-dead-canada-large-gmo-crop-planting/
- http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/pubs/pest/_fact-fiche/neonicotinoid/neonicotinoid-eng.php
Thank you for your support!
Bless you!
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Love, Nancy
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Job well done Nancy!