Tell the EPA to ban bee-killing uses of neonics!

Bees and other pollinators are dying at an alarming rate from a deluge of toxic pesticides called neonics. This year, the EPA will complete a hazard review of neonics that only happens once every fifteen years.

This could be our chance to ratchet up the pressure and demand that the EPA ban bee-killing uses of these toxic and hazardous chemicals — take action now.

Send a message urging the EPA to end the use of these deadly pesticides and save our pollinators, our health, and the future of our food supply.

The future of our food supply relies on bees and other vital pollinators, but they’re dying at an alarming rate, with scientists pointing to a deluge of toxic pesticides called neonics as the main culprit.

If bee populations continue their collapse, we could see rising food costs and reduced access to healthy foods, which would hit low-income communities and communities of color hardest.

Plus, there’s growing evidence of the harm neonics cause to human health, with studies showing that neonic exposure during pregnancy was associated with elevated risks for birth defects affecting the heart and brain, and other neurological conditions.

Soon, the EPA will complete a once-in-fifteen-year hazard review of neonics. It’s our chance to ratchet up the pressure and demand that the EPA ban bee-killing uses of these toxic chemicals once and for all.

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Subject Save our pollinators – and our food supply – from toxic pesticides!

Dear Administrator Regan,

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Our vital bees and other pollinators are being decimated by the widespread use of neurotoxic pesticides called neonicotinoids, or "neonics." 
 
Despite overwhelming evidence that these neonic pesticides are a main cause of this staggering population decline, the EPA has failed to impose commonsense restrictions on their use. 
 
Our food supply depends on pollinators. A decline in the population of pollinators can result in increased food costs, reduced access to healthy food, and worsening food insecurity – crises that will hit low-income communities and communities of color especially hard. 
 
And neonics could be a health risk to people as well: studies show that neonic exposure during pregnancy was associated with elevated risks for birth defects affecting the heart and brain, and other neurological conditions. 
 
When your agency conducts its safety review of neonics, please put science before industry profits and ban the bee-killing uses of these dangerous pesticides. Until the EPA takes this crucial and long overdue action, I will continue standing with NRDC, both in and out of court, and the millions of people across the country calling on you to defend America's pollinators, our food supply, and our health from this chemical assault.  
 
Thank you,

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