Two multinational chemical companies, Dow Chemical and Syngenta, have asked the Environmental Protection Agency to allow them to ramp up the use of two pesticides that could have deadly consequences for bees. The EPA is inviting the public to comment on this disastrous plan until May 27 — which means we must mobilize immediately to stop the chemical giants in their tracks! Tell EPA to stand up for bees and protect them from the dangers of these two toxic pesticides. Honeybees, native bees and other pollinators are vital to maintaining our food supply. Fruits and vegetables like apples, blueberries, strawberries, carrots and broccoli as well as almonds and coffee all rely on pollination from bees. But bee populations have plunged in recent years, and one big reason is the skyrocketing use of a new class of dangerous pesticides called neonicotinoids. The two pesticides in question — thiamethoxam and sulfoxaflor — are part of this group. 

EPA has already said that both pesticides are “highly toxic” to bees.  But instead of blocking their expanded use, EPA is poised to rubberstamp the corporate requests without fully evaluating the harm these pesticides will do to bees. That’s a plan only a chemical giant could love! Meanwhile bees will keep dying in alarming numbers.

The EPA isn’t likely to change course unless it feels massive pressure from hundreds of thousands of us who care deeply about the fate of America’s bees.

Please do your part by sending an urgent message right now on behalf of America’s bees. Help halt this outrageous proposal before it goes any further. Their lives are depending on it.