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<P>Are garden stores selling us “bee-friendly” plants
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<P>We’ve just had word that so-called <STRONG>“bee-friendly”
plants</STRONG> sold in garden centers and supermarkets are
<STRONG>doused in toxic chemicals made by Bayer</STRONG>.</P>
<P>If Bayer’s shady behaviour is anything to go by, it’s highly
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<P>We’ve planned out an undercover investigation and found a
specialist lab that can test these plants for pesticides. If it
turns out these “bee-friendly” plants are really bee-killers,
<STRONG>we’ll blow this scandal wide open</STRONG> -- and we’ve got
journalists on call to help us do just that.</P>
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<P>So we need to start this investigation right now. Armed with the
evidence we can create a media blitz and pressure garden centers to
stop selling plants doused in bee-killing pesticides.</P>
<P><STRONG>Bayer will be furious. </STRONG>The company
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<P>More information:</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/419307?t=15&akid=76528%2E15424008%2ESQA5wf">Pesticides
damage survival of bee colonies, landmark study shows</A>, The
Guardian, 29 June 2017</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/407304?t=16&akid=76528%2E15424008%2ESQA5wf">EU
agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides</A>, The Guardian, 27
April 2018</P></TD></TR>
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