Your Signature is Needed: Tell the EPA to protect bees

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Pesticides are KILLING BEES, and wild pollinator populations are being pushed to the brink! Scientists are warning of an “insect apocalypse.” Over the past three decades, neonic pesticides have made U.S. agriculture nearly 50x more toxic to bees! It gets worse. Every year, millions of acres are planted with neonic-coated seeds – but the EPA uses a loophole to avoid regulating these seeds as pesticides. Until the EPA stops shirking its responsibility, these neonic-coated seeds will continue to push wild bee species closer to extinction! [Friend, tell the EPA to regulate BEE-KILLING pesticides applied to seeds! We need 2,171 more signatures by MIDNIGHT tonight!]( [Sign the petition]( The pesticide coatings on treated seeds can contaminate the soil and wash off into streams, rivers, and into the very water we drink! Neonics on seeds are also taken into the crop as it grows and cannot be washed off our food. Exposure to these pesticides has been linked to birth defects of the heart and brain. The EPA has a responsibility to protect people, pollinators, and our environment. Instead, it’s allowing neonic-treated seeds to harm people, pollinators, and our environment. A comment from YOU could help change that – but every second we wait, pesticides are killing more bees and hurting more people! [Please, Friend, protect people and pollinators from toxic pesticides!]( [Sign the petition]( Standing with you, Kendra Klein Deputy Director of Science, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us](foe.org/about-us/contact/) Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2021, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]