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Bees and Neonicotinoids
Bees and Neonicotinoids
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Big news:
- Greenpeace investigators have discovered unpublished pesticide-company studies showing that their controversial ‘neonic’ pesticides can seriously harm bees. [1]
- Now more than ever, we need to ban these bee-harming pesticides for good. Can you help?
If you want to get involved here’s the link: https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/save-bees-2016-email
- The research was designed to find a ‘safe level’ for the pesticides, and although the companies shared their findings with regulators in the US, they haven’t published them.
- And in public, Bayer and Syngenta have always downplayed the idea that their products are harmful. [2]
- Right now, neonic pesticides are banned for some uses by a temporary European law.
- But with the law up for review and Britain preparing to exit the EU, our bees could be left unprotected – and at the mercy of pesticide company lobbying. [3]
- We can’t let that happen. The survival of our bees is too important to be hidden behind private studies and closed doors.
- Let’s stand up for Britain’s bees and lock in a permanent, Brexit-proof ban.
- A British ban wouldn’t just help bees in the UK – it might even force companies like Bayer and Syngenta to find better alternatives to these pesticides, rather than downplaying research findings and lobbying to protect their profits.
- The key player here is Lord Gardiner of Kimble – the minister responsible for putting the government’s bee-protecting ambitions into practice. [4]
- Gardiner is still quite new in this role, but we know that when it comes to protecting nature, this government can be swayed by public pressure.
- A few weeks ago, they made the first moves towards banning plastic microbeads from cosmetics, after more than 300,000 of us campaigned against them. [5]
- And earlier this year, they stood firm when farmers asked them to relax the temporary ban on neonics. [6]
- We’re sending the government a powerful message: it’s time to ban these bee-harming pesticides for good.
- Will you add your voice?
Thanks for being a part of this,
Mal
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
24th September 2016
Bees and Neonicotinoids
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© 24/09/2016 Greenpeace Ltd, Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN
(registered in London no 1314381, VAT registration no 625951426)
© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
24th September 2016
Bees and Neonicotinoids
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- [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/22/pesticide-manufacturers-own-tests-reveal-serious-harm-to-honeybees
- [2] http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2016/09/22/neonicotinoids-bayer-syngenta-bees/
- [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-latest-brexit-buzz-is-about-the-fate-of-englands-honeybees/2016/08/18/287afa3e-5e47-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html
- [4] https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lord-gardiner-of-kimble
- [5] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37263087
- [6] http://www.fwi.co.uk/news/defra-rejects-nfu-application-to-use-neonicotinoids-on-osr.htm
If you want to get involved here’s the link: https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/save-bees-2016-email
© 24/09/2016 Greenpeace Ltd, Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN
(registered in London no 1314381, VAT registration no 625951426)
© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
24th September 2016
