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                        Something huge is missing from Europe’s new “green” 
agriculture plan: a commitment to drastically cut down on toxic pesticides.

                        We’ve got just a short window to weigh in and fix 
this. Tell the EU Commission that it’s only a real Green Deal if we end the 
pesticide age!

                         Sign the petition


            The EU’s about to unveil its new proposal to make our 
agriculture system healthier for people and the environment. But something’s 
wrong with it -- and only you can fix it.

            As part of the European Green Deal, the EU’s “Farm to Fork” 
strategy should include ambitious targets for slashing the use of toxic 
pesticides -- one of the biggest dangers to bees and the rest of our natural 
world. Getting rid of these poisonous chemicals is the only way to make 
farming truly green.

            But the targets in the current draft are weak, and the 
agrochemical industry is reportedly hammering the EU to weaken them even 
further. It’s up to us to step in and stop Bayer, Dow and Syngenta from 
poisoning our planet past the point of no return.

            EU commissioners are accepting feedback on the proposal right 
now -- giving us a short window to make them put toxic pesticides on the 
chopping block. We’ll put all your signatures and comments together and 
submit them directly to the Farm to Fork committee -- will you add your 
voice?

            Tell the EU to crack down on pesticides for a farm system that 
benefits bees, people, and the planet.

            Experts have warned us again and again: only a massive reduction 
in pesticides will revive our vanishing insect populations and bring nature 
back from the brink of collapse.

            We and our friends in the “Save Bees and Farmers” coalition -- a 
thousands-strong Europe-wide initiative made up of scientists, beekeepers, 
farmers and citizens including SumOfUs members like you -- are urging the EU 
to respond by cutting down on 80 percent of toxic pesticide use by 2030, and 
getting rid of all synthetic pesticides by 2035.

            But companies like Bayer, Dow and Syngenta are pushing back, 
using every trick in the book to keep their poison flowing. They want EU 
politicians to set targets for pesticide “risk” -- a meaningless measurement 
that could let them sell the same amount of chemicals while claiming bees 
and people are safer.

            The commissioners responsible for the plan told us they want to 
know what you think. Here’s your chance to make them set a course for a 
pesticide-free Europe!

            Use our form to send your signature and comments to the EU 
Commission.

            We’ve come so far in our fight to keep bees, people and nature 
safe from pesticides. Thanks to pressure from SumOfUs members like you, 
Europe has passed sweeping bans on bee-killing neonicotinoids, 
brain-damaging chlorpyrifos and other chemicals that posed a danger to bees 
and humans.

            An ambitious green farming plan could be another triumph for 
people and the planet, but only if you and I act now to make it stronger.

            Tell the EU Commission that Europe needs healthy bees and fewer 
pesticides!


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



            More information:

            EU unable so far to reduce the use of pesticides by farmers, 
Brussels Times, 10 February 2020
            Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature', The 
Guardian, 10 February 2019
            New report: EU Commission watered down its stance on toxic 
residues in imported food to appease trade pressure, Corporate Europe 
Observatory, 17 February 2020








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