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<P>Good news for the bees: <STRONG>France has banned sulfoxaflor,
the pesticide that’s been shown to reduce bumblebee colony sizes by
half!</STRONG></P>
<P>Over <STRONG>274,000 SumOfUs members like you have demanded
Europe stop using this bee-harming neonicotinoid
“replacement”.</STRONG> France’s decision is a sure sign that our
people power is working -- but <STRONG>we can’t stop till bees
everywhere are safe from the toxic threat.</STRONG></P>
<P>If we ramp up the pressure on EU agriculture ministers right now,
<STRONG>we could wipe sulfoxaflor off the continent</STRONG>.</P>
<P><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514134?t=8&akid=68916%2E15424008%2E99R8yD">Please,
will you add your name and tell the EU to ban sulfoxaflor
immediately?</A></P>
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<P>Thanks for all that you do,</P>
<P>David and the team at SumOfUs</P></DIV><BR>
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<P><STRONG>A dangerous new bee-killing pesticide, <SPAN
class=il>Sulfoxaflor</SPAN>, can reduce bumblebee
colonies by half.</STRONG> But now that neonic
pesticides are banned in the EU, the pesticide industry
is preparing to cash in with this toxic
“replacement”.</P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN class=il>Sulfoxaflor</SPAN> should be
on the banned list too. Will you sign the petition to
save the bees from this latest threat?</STRONG></P>
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<P>Have you heard about sulfoxaflor? <STRONG>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</STRONG>, despite evidence it can reduce the size of bee
colonies by over 50 percent.</P>
<P><STRONG>But the pesticide lobbyists didn’t see last year’s EU
election results coming</STRONG>. Across the continent,
<STRONG>Europeans voted in favour of a green future</STRONG>,
defying many far-right expectations and sending a powerful message
to politicians.</P>
<P>Right now, while green momentum is running high, is <STRONG>our
best chance to finally slam the door on sulfoxaflor and get our
fields humming again</STRONG>. Please, will you join over 240,000
SumOfUs members like you to defend the bees from this deadly
chemical?</P>
<P><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514134?t=1&akid=68916%2E15424008%2E99R8yD">Tell
the EU to listen to the people and ban toxic sulfoxaflor!</A></P>
<P>In March, a review by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
confirmed what scientists have known for years: <STRONG>sulfoxaflor
is a menace to bees</STRONG>. It works on the same receptors as
neonicotinoids, and has a disastrous effect on bee reproduction.</P>
<P>With <STRONG>the lives of our vulnerable bees in the balance --
and the people who depend on crops they pollinate</STRONG>
<STRONG>-- it’s essential to get this pesticide off our
fields</STRONG>. Yet the EU still hasn't pulled the pesticide,
thanks to pesticide lobbyists striving to convince them how
“harmless” it is.</P>
<P>Their influence ends now.</P>
<P>In last year’s ‘green wave’, <STRONG>voters across Europe elected
environment-saving decision makers who now hold the balance of
power</STRONG>. Together, we’ve got to tell the new, greener EU that
it's now essential to make bees a priority.</P>
<P><STRONG>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</STRONG>. With enough
numbers, we can overpower the lobbyists again and get sulfoxaflor
banned for good.</P>
<P><STRONG>With a clean slate in the European Parliament, we’ve got
to act fast.</STRONG> Will you sign now and show the EU that
Europe’s concern for bees doesn’t stop at the voting booth?</P>
<P><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514134?t=2&akid=68916%2E15424008%2E99R8yD">Tell
the EU to save the bees and stop this disastrous
pesticide!</A></P><IMG alt=""
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the Petition </A></P>
<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>David and the team at
SumOfUs</P><BR>
<P>More information:</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/421124?t=16&akid=68916%2E15424008%2E99R8yD">New
pesticides may harm bees as much as existing ones – study,</A> The
Guardian, 16 August 2018<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/419306?t=17&akid=68916%2E15424008%2E99R8yD">EU
member states support near-total neonicotinoids ban,</A> BBC,
27 April 2018<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/457592?t=18&akid=68916%2E15424008%2E99R8yD">Peer
review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance
sulfoxaflor, European Food Safety Authority</A>, 28 March 2019</P><!-- ak.wysiwyg=code --></TD></TR>
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