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<P><STRONG>Bees are dying, but the EU is holding back a
bee-saving ban on dangerous pesticides</STRONG> in
Belgium. The pesticide lobby couldn’t be happier!</P>
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allowing the ban -- to save Belgium’s bees!</STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>Belgium is <EM>this</EM> close to banning all bee-harming
neonicotinoid pesticides, but the EU is blocking it</STRONG>. You
and I urgently need to get this ban back on track. Bees are
being sprayed and exposed to the toxic pesticides!<BR><BR>The
European Commission needs to give its green light, but it’s been
stalling for months now -- <STRONG>putting the balance of bees
and nature that our food and ecosystem depends on in
danger.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Vladimir, will you make your voice count and demand that
the European Commission allows Belgium to ban pesticides that are
toxic to bees? </STRONG><BR><BR><A
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neonicotinoid pesticides!</A></P>
<P><STRONG>Bees pollinate food eaten by you and I, birds and other
animals, making these tiny miracle-workers essential to our planet’s
health. </STRONG>But bees are often sidelined in the pursuit of
short term profits for big agriculture and the pesticide lobby.</P>
<P>‘Neonics’ are a key cause in the decline of Europe’s bees.
And<STRONG> the danger to our bees -- and humans -- is so real. In
Belgium about 75% of flowering plants breed thanks to
pollinators</STRONG> and the economic value of pollination can reach
several hundred million euros per year.</P>
<P><STRONG>Now Belgium wants to build on the EU's 2018 ban on the
three worst neonics, and ban every pesticide in this toxic
class!</STRONG> But they can't do it unless the EU gives its
green light.<STRONG> </STRONG><BR><BR>The Belgian ban is
especially important as within the EU, bees are dying the most in
Belgium and France. In response, France has already banned all
neonicotinoid pesticides. Now<STRONG> the EU must allow Belgium to
do the same!</STRONG><BR><BR><A
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the European Commission not to wait any longer and to allow the
Belgian ban on ALL neonicotinoids to save our bees! </A></P>
<P>Public pressure works. Last year, <STRONG>more than a million
Europeans beat the powerful pesticide lobby</STRONG> by getting
European governments to ban three of the most dangerous bee-killing
neonicotinoid pesticides. <BR><BR>Today a wider ban on all
neonicotinoid pesticides in Belgium has never been
closer. <STRONG>Vladimir, can you add your voice to tell the
European Commission that we no longer want these poisons in our
lives and those of our bees? </STRONG></P><IMG alt=""
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>Leyla, Rebecca and the team at
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<P><EM><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">More
information:</SPAN></EM></P>
<DIV class=page-link><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/502856?t=12&akid=65521%2E15424008%2EcI5NGg"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Belgium and France are EU’s bee mortality
hotspots, </A>Euractiv, 2 May 2016</DIV>
<DIV class=page-link><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/420338?t=13&akid=65521%2E15424008%2EcI5NGg"
rel=noopener target=_blank>EU member states support near-total
neonicotinoids ban, </A>BBC, 27 April 2018</DIV></TD></TR>
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align=left><B>From:</B> <A title=us@sumofus.org
href="mailto:us@sumofus.org">Leyla Larbi, SumOfUs </A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" align=left><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday,
November 20, 2019 2:07 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" align=left><B>Subject:</B> European
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