*[Enwl-eng] Bees!

[ENWL]

Don't let Bayer's lobbyists win this crucial vote.


            Breaking: a crucial meeting for bees will take place this 
Thursday, October 8 in Brussels. And unfortunately it does not look good for 
our precious bees: under pressure from the lobbies, the Commission will 
propose that EU countries adopt a dangerous proposal that will allow 
bee-killing pesticides to be easily authorized in Europe.

            NGOs across all Europe are sounding the alarm: EU countries must 
reject the Commission's dangerous proposal.

            Can you sign and share our petition calling on EU governments to 
ensure that no more bee-killing pesticides will be authorized in the EU?

            Fatah and the team at SumOfUs



            Below, the original email we've sent you last year.



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                        Europe’s bees are dying because bee-harming 
pesticides keep getting approved by the EU.

                        Sign the urgent petition telling EU governments to 
stop ignoring the deadly effects of pesticides on bees when they vote on 8th 
October.
                         Sign the Petition


            We have a huge opportunity to save bees from killer pesticides. 
Right now European governments and the EU are rethinking how dangerous 
pesticides get approved. Together, we could persuade them to support much 
higher standards, that outlaw bee-harming pesticides.

            The crux? Bayer and Dow’s lobbyists are doing all they can to 
keep their harmful chemicals on Europe’s fields.

            Sign the urgent petition now, telling EU governments to make 
pesticide testing bee-friendly.

            We all rely on bees to pollinate fruit, vegetables and crops. 
But across the world industrial pesticides, climate change and urbanisation 
are pushing bees to the brink -- and unless our governments and the EU take 
concrete steps to save the bees, this trend shows no sign of reversing.

            The current method for testing pesticides is inadequate. It 
ignores many ways that bees can be harmed. But unless the committee feels 
under pressure, it could kick this into the long grass. That's why SumOfUs 
members like you are jumping into action, to tell the EU to consider the 
following effects of pesticides on bees:

              a.. The long term effects of pesticides on bees and their 
colonies
              b.. The effects of exposure to low concentrations of 
pesticides
              c.. The cumulative effects of exposure to multiple pesticides
              d.. And to only approve pesticides as a last resort, when all 
non-chemicals options have failed
            Help urge Europe's governments to defy Bayer and Dow’s pesticide 
industry lobbyists, who are hell-bent on putting their profits over bee 
health, by signing the SumOfUs petition.

            Can you sign the petition calling on European Governments to 
improve the way the EU tests all new pesticides?


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



            More information:

            EFSA Guidance Document on the risk assessment of plant 
protection products on bees, European Food Safety Authority, July 2014
            EU Agrees Total Ban on Bee Harming Pesticides, The Guardian, 27 
April 2018
            Member states ‘put #Bees at risk by failure to adopt guidance 
designed to protect them from pesticides’, EU Reporter, 7 November 2018









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and invest in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers 
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      From: Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs
      Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2020 2:05 PM
      Subject: Re: Bees!







 
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