We’re still celebrating the EU’s ban on bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, passed last year thanks to the efforts of hundreds of thousands of SumOfUs members like you, alongside beekeepers and environmental activists.
But of course, upholding the ban was never going to “bee” that easy. Industry lobbyists have already begun clamouring for exceptions -- and thanks to a loophole in EU regulation called ‘emergency authorisations’, they could wreck all the gains that we made.
We want the EU Commission to fix this loophole.
That’s where you and I come in: Together we can get the word out, that the ban on bee-killing pesticides is hanging on by a thread -- and show the European Commission that people across Europe won’t let them ignore this deadly loophole any longer.
Can you help us make it count by adding your voice?
More information
EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides
The Guardian. 27 April 2018.
The Guardian. 27 April 2018.
Attack of the bee killers
Politico.eu. 22 March 2017.
Politico.eu. 22 March 2017.
Dutch sugar beet farmers want exemption from EU ban on bee-harming pesticides
Dutch News. 22 May 2018.
Dutch News. 22 May 2018.