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<P>BREAKING: We just found out that Dow Chemical is
appealing the ban on bee-killing pesticides.
<STRONG>We’re taking legal action -- but we need your
help to pay for lawyers.</STRONG></P>
<P>Can you chip in to save the bees?</P>
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<P>While we worry about loved ones and try to come to terms with a
terrifying global pandemic, <STRONG>Dow Chemical has secretly gone
back to court to appeal your hard-won ban on bee-killing pesticides
in France.</STRONG></P>
<P>It’s the perfect opportunity for Dow -- with the world distracted
-- to get the ban overturned and continue lining its pockets by
killing our bees.</P>
<P>It's a low blow. But this community won't stand for it.</P>
<P><STRONG>Together with our beekeeper friends from the National
Union of French Beekeeping and Acting for the Environment we’re
mounting a bee-saving legal case to stop Dow.</STRONG> But at times
like these, when our resources are stretched thin, more than ever we
need your help to keep fighting for the bees, Vladimir.</P>
<P><EM>Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your
card.</EM></P>
<P><A
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href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/526952?amount=1¤cy=USD&t=1&akid=72268%2E15424008%2EXd0xn8">Can
you chip in $1 to help our legal case to save the bees?</A></P>
<P>I don’t know about you. But being out in nature and watching
spring unfold, is the one way I find peace and solace in these
unsettling times. So when I heard that this pesticide giant is still
trying to profit from killing bees and insects, it just broke my
heart.</P>
<P>So much feels out of our control right now, but protecting these
hard-won victories for nature is something that fills me full of
purpose. For years, you and I have fought tooth and nail for
historic bans on bee-killing pesticides -- and together we can still
save them.</P>
<P>We’ve still got a good shot at stopping Dow -- we just need to
scrape together enough donations to pay these top-notch lawyers.</P>
<P><EM>Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your
card.</EM></P>
<P><A
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href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/526952?amount=1¤cy=USD&t=2&akid=72268%2E15424008%2EXd0xn8">Please,
can you chip in $1 to save the bees?</A></P>
<P><STRONG>Over the years, you’ve achieved so much in the fight to
save the bees:</STRONG> SumOfUs members like you have gone to court
before against Dow Chemical -- and won. This is the final appeal, if
we win this, Dow will have to accept defeat!<BR><BR>And we haven’t
got time to lose, especially for the bumblebees: Research published
in the prestigious Nature journal found that exposure to Dow’s
chemical sulfoxaflor <STRONG>reduced both the size of bumblebee
colonies and the number of offspring produced by a whopping 54
percent!</STRONG></P>
<P>If Dow wins this, it would be a huge setback in our global fight
to keep the bees safe. It sets a dangerous precedent if France
overturns its ban on bee-killing pesticides -- many other countries
might follow.</P>
<P><EM>Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your
card.</EM></P>
<P><A
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href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/526952?amount=1¤cy=USD&t=3&akid=72268%2E15424008%2EXd0xn8">So
please, will you chip in $1 to save the bees from deadly
pesticides?</A></P><IMG alt=""
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>Nabil and the team at SumOfUs
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<P>More information:</P>
<P>(In French) <A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/526953?t=9&akid=72268%2E15424008%2EXd0xn8">Dow
AgroSciences is appealing the decision to cancel the ban of two
insecticides</A>, Actu Environnement, 19 March 2020</P>
<P>(In French) <A
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/524025?t=10&akid=72268%2E15424008%2EXd0xn8">Corteva
wants to overturn the ban on sulfoxaflor</A>, La France Agricole, 19
March 2020</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/526954?t=11&akid=72268%2E15424008%2EXd0xn8">France
bans two US pesticides, citing risk to bees</A>, Phys.org, 4
December 2019</P></TD></TR>
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<P>SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to
hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new,
sustainable path for our global economy. </P>
<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=us@sumofus.org
href="mailto:us@sumofus.org">Nabil Berbour, SumOfUs</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 13, 2020 5:18 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Horrible news for the bees</DIV></DIV>
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