Over 700 North American bee species are now at risk

Dear Friend, Save bees from toxic pesticides and donate to Friends of the Earth now! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( MAJOR pollinator update: The Western bumblebee population has plummeted by an ALARMING 93% in the last two decades. [Act fast to save the bees and our planet: Donate $27 or more to Friends of the Earth now and be one of the 18 people in your city we need to hit our goal before midnight!]( The Western bumblebee -- once one of the country’s most populous bee species -- is now facing extinction. And it’s not the only species we could lose forever. Over 700 North American bee species are now at risk, and 40 percent of invertebrate pollinators face extinction. Bees are the canary in the coal mine for our food supply, pollinating around 75% of all fruits, nuts, and vegetables grown in the U.S. Without bees, many of the food crops we rely on would be in short supply. Can you rush a $27 donation right now to Friends of the Earth and help protect bees and our planet? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( There’s no mystery here. Study after study has found that the massive use of pesticides, like Bayer-Monsanto's bee-toxic neonicotinoids and its weed-killer glyphosate, aka Roundup, are key drivers in the decimation of pollinators. From breakfast to dinner, most of us eat glyphosate-contaminated food several times a day. Bayer-Monsanto’s Roundup is the most widely used pesticide in the world -- and it’s been linked to cancer in humans. In addition to cancer, glyphosate has been linked to endocrine disruption, DNA damage, decreased sperm function, disruption of the gut microbiome, and fatty liver disease. Big Ag’s toxic pesticides are putting our health and our entire food system at risk. But pollinator-killers like Bayer-Monsanto are sweeping their lethal impact under the rug -- and the United States is giving them a free pass, allowing for regulations that lead to widespread use of toxic pesticides instead of shifting away from chemicals we KNOW are killing massive numbers of bees. Pollinators need your help before it’s too late. Donate $27 to Friends of the Earth today. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Western bumblebees join the 98% of Western monarchs ALREADY wiped out -- and if we don't act fast to ban pollinator-toxic pesticides, we could lose these and other essential pollinators forever. The good news: When people like you take action and make a membership gift to protect bee populations and our planet, it works. Friends of the Earth members like you successfully pushed state governments around the country to ban the bee-killing, brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos, and chemical giant Dow committed to stop selling this poison. This led to the EPA finally banning chlorpyrifos on food. You’ve made calls, submitted comments, and persuaded key Congresspeople to champion legislation that would protect our pollinators. We need to double down our efforts to ban toxic pesticides for good -- and safeguard our bees and our planet for the long haul. Friends of the Earth is rushing to raise 18 more donations from Friend before midnight to power our ongoing work to protect pollinators and life on Earth. Please help us fight back against the pesticide industry and win game-changing protections for bees and other pollinators. Make a $27 contribution to Friends of the Earth today. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Standing with you, Kendra Klein, Deputy director for science, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us]( Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2022, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]