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            Good news for the bees: France has banned sulfoxaflor, the pesticide that’s been shown to reduce bumblebee colony sizes by half!

            Over 274,000 SumOfUs members like you have demanded Europe stop using this bee-harming neonicotinoid “replacement”. France’s decision is a sure sign that our people power is working -- but we can’t stop till bees everywhere are safe from the toxic threat.

            If we ramp up the pressure on EU agriculture ministers right now, we could wipe sulfoxaflor off the continent.

            Please, will you add your name and tell the EU to ban sulfoxaflor immediately?


            Thanks for all that you do,

            David and the team at SumOfUs



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                        A dangerous new bee-killing pesticide, Sulfoxaflor, can reduce bumblebee colonies by half. But now that neonic pesticides are banned in the EU, the pesticide industry is preparing to cash in with this toxic “replacement”.

                        Sulfoxaflor should be on the banned list too. Will you sign the petition to save the bees from this latest threat?

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            Have you heard about sulfoxaflor? The toxic pesticide is nearly as bad as the bee-killing neonicotinoids that SumOfUs members like you helped ban in the EU -- but it’s still legal, despite evidence it can reduce the size of bee colonies by over 50 percent.

            But the pesticide lobbyists didn’t see last year’s EU election results coming. Across the continent, Europeans voted in favour of a green future, defying many far-right expectations and sending a powerful message to politicians.

            Right now, while green momentum is running high, is our best chance to finally slam the door on sulfoxaflor and get our fields humming again. Please, will you join over 240,000 SumOfUs members like you to defend the bees from this deadly chemical?

            Tell the EU to listen to the people and ban toxic sulfoxaflor!

            In March, a review by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) confirmed what scientists have known for years: sulfoxaflor is a menace to bees. It works on the same receptors as neonicotinoids, and has a disastrous effect on bee reproduction.

            With the lives of our vulnerable bees in the balance -- and the people who depend on crops they pollinate -- it’s essential to get this pesticide off our fields. Yet the EU still hasn't pulled the pesticide, thanks to pesticide lobbyists striving to convince them how “harmless” it is.

            Their influence ends now.

            In last year’s ‘green wave’, voters across Europe elected environment-saving decision makers who now hold the balance of power. Together, we’ve got to tell the new, greener EU that it's now essential to make bees a priority.

            It's in our hands to ban dangerous pesticides. We proved it that in 2018, when 650,000 SumOfUs members like you got the EU Commission to ban bee-harming neonicotinoids. With enough numbers, we can overpower the lobbyists again and get sulfoxaflor banned for good.

            With a clean slate in the European Parliament, we’ve got to act fast. Will you sign now and show the EU that Europe’s concern for bees doesn’t stop at the voting booth?

            Tell the EU to save the bees and stop this disastrous pesticide!


             Sign the Petition 
            Thanks for all that you do, 
            David and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            New pesticides may harm bees as much as existing ones – study, The Guardian, 16 August 2018
            EU member states support near-total neonicotinoids ban, BBC, 27 April 2018
            Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance sulfoxaflor, European Food Safety Authority, 28 March 2019
           
              
       






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