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Take Action: Preserve Our Ecosystem and Save the Honeybees
Honeybee populations are in danger because they are injesting a harmful pesticide called clothianidin. Take action for the bees!
Goal: 20,000
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Progress: 13,944
Sponsored by: The Rainforest Site
Honeybees are vital to our ecosystem. They pollinate plant species that make up a large portion of the crops we consume. Without bees, plants would not be able to reproduce and the core of our agricultural system would crumble.
Right now is the time to take action in favor of saving our bees. Bee populations have begun to see sharp declines in recent years. There are several theories as to why this may be occurring, but the most widely-accepted is that pesticides meant to protect us from other harmful bugs are having the unintended effect of killing off the bees.
The chemical — clothianidin — is very toxic to honeybees. Clothianidin has not been tested properly, and therefore should not be viable for use as a pesticide. We need to know a chemical's full potential before it is used on the food that we consume.
Sign the petition asking the EPA to ban clothianidin until they truly assess its effects on humans and honeybees.
Dear Administrator Lisa Jackson:
I am writing to express my concern over the declining honeybee population. Since the mid 2000's, honeybees have experienced a steady decrease in their overall population. There are a few factors that could be contributing to this phenomenon, but the most compelling explanation has to do with a chemical called clothianidin.
Clothianidin is manufactured and used for general pest control in crops. While it does help kill off unwanted species of bugs, it's also threatening the honeybees' survival.
Even more disturbing is that clothianidin hasn't been properly tested and experimented upon enough to incite a widespread approval of its use. This means that both humans and useful bug species are consuming this substance while we lack a true knowledge of its effects.
Honeybees pollinate the crops that we enjoy every day — if they were no longer around to do so, plants' abilities to reproduce would be decimated. We need to make sure that the substances we put on our crops are not threatening other species of insects and animals. If we don't, we're simply trading one bad outcome for another.
Please see to it that clothianidin is banned until further evidence to its effectiveness and safety can be proven.
Thank you for your time.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Gheena Santha
May 14, 2013
julia waller
May 14, 2013
sue warner
May 14, 2013
Julia Sapoznikova
May 13, 2013
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May 13, 2013
Diana Aylward
May 13, 2013
Rosemary Webber
May 13, 2013
Kyle Bracken
May 13, 2013
Jane Crick
May 12, 2013
Karen Hamilton
The damage that short sighted greedy corporations are doing to the planet may very well be irreparable.
May 12, 2013
laura barberi
May 12, 2013
Claudia Branham
May 11, 2013
jess bannester
May 11, 2013
Martina Salobir
May 11, 2013
Tracy Campbell
May 11, 2013
Ms. Carla Compton, Advocate/Activist/Human
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
Juanita Zeinstra
Monsanto is our biggest nightmare. If honeybees go, so does mankind
May 10, 2013
Alexander Astudillo
May 10, 2013
Jeanette Schneider
May 10, 2013
dana hanbury
May 10, 2013
Sherry Marsh
May 10, 2013
Nikki F
May 10, 2013
caryl st clair
May 10, 2013
Heather Stewart
I am very worried about global decline of the bees, they are so necessary to the whole of mankind.
May 10, 2013
Deborah Beckman
May 10, 2013
Nicole Jodway
May 10, 2013
Beth Norwood
May 10, 2013
Paige Harrison
May 10, 2013
Stephan Donovan
Protect the environment and not big business.
May 10, 2013
Cynthia Burch
May 10, 2013
David McGlocklin
May 9, 2013
N. M.
May 9, 2013
janet forman
May 8, 2013
Elizabeth Melton
May 8, 2013
Tina Turrell
May 6, 2013
Kayden Burkholder
May 5, 2013
Alan Fawley
May 5, 2013
Laura Lopez
May 4, 2013
Russell Riley
May 3, 2013
Sally Bates
Without bees we have no food that is not genetically altered, compliments of Monsanto !! Do you really want this for your kids America?
May 2, 2013
Sara Gayton
May 2, 2013
susan morris-jackson
May 2, 2013
Heidi Peterson
Without the bees we will all die much sooner then we need to!
May 2, 2013
Diann May
May 2, 2013
Allison Brown
May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
Carla Purtscher
May 2, 2013
theresa martinson
