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TAKE ACTION NOW! Don't Permit Untested Pesticides in Consumer Products
Environment  (tags: pesticides, EPA, methyl bromide, safe food supply, healthconditions, humans, pollution, protection, politics, environment, destruction, conservation, world, Sustainabililty, wildlife )

Cal
- 6 days ago - forcechange.com
Through use of a regulatory loophole, pesticides have found their way into a variety of consumer products, from blankets to toothpaste. The vast majority of these pesticides have made it into these everyday products without adequate oversight by the EPA t
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Environmental Protection Agency: Ban Neonicotinoids in the United States
Environment  (tags: bees, EPA, pollution, protection, pesticides, environment, destruction, humans, politics )

Cal
- 8 days ago - change.org
The honeybee population is in crisis, and this crisis has been linked to neonicotinoid insecticides.There has been a 30% decline in the number of honeybees in the US in the past 5 years.The US should follow the example of the EU and ban the pesticides sus
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Sign the Petition: The EPA Must Stop Ignoring Science and Act to Protect Honey Bees.
Environment  (tags: nature, environment, bees, pesticides )

Teresa
- 15 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Honey bees are dying at an alarming rate, and this winter marked the worst losses by far. U.S. beekeepers reported that as man as 50% of their bees disappeared or died. Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the use of the pesticides that are killing bees.
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Declining Bee Populations Pose A Threat to Global Agriculture
Environment  (tags: bees, wild lbees, pesticides, die-offs, agriculture, protection, animalwelfare, world, protection )

Cal
- 23 days ago - e360.yale.edu
The danger that the decline of bees and other pollinators represents to the world's food supply was highlighted this week when the European Commission decided to ban a class of pesticides suspected of playing a role in so-called "colony collapse disorder.
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EU Overrules Britain to Ban Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths
Environment  (tags: bees, wild lbees, pesticides, die-offs, agriculture, protection, animalwelfare, world, protection )

Cal
- 23 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The European Union has overruled British opposition to impose a total two-year ban for gardeners on the use of pesticides linked to the death of bees, with new rules setting out tight restrictions for farmers.
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Beekeepers Sue EPA to Ban Pesticide, Protect Bees
Environment  (tags: bees, EPA, pollution, protection, pesticides, environment, destruction, humans, politics )

Cal
- 63 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday against federal regulators for not banning the use of two pesticides they say harm honeybees.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop the Use of Pesticides Harming Coffee Trees in Central America
Environment  (tags: pesticides, healthconditions, protection, humans, nature, environment, ecosystems, destruction )

Cal
- 99 days ago - forcechange.com
Stop the use of pesticides that are harming coffee trees in Guatemala and Central America
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BAN the Pesticide Killing Honey Bees ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, nature, pesticides, bees, protection )

Cher
- 125 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has classified clothianidin as "highly toxic" to honeybees. Clothianidin is marketed as "Poncho" by Bayer Crop Science. The chemical was approved for U.S. use in 2003 and German use in 2004.
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Pesticide Used By UK Farmers Is Linked to Long-Term Brain Damage
Environment  (tags: pesticides, healthconditions, protection, humans, nature, environment, ecosystems, destruction )

Cal
- 160 days ago - theecologist.org
A new study suggests an alarming link between low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides - the most widely used insecticides in the world - and long-term brain damage.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell the EPA: Keep Methyl Bromide Out of Our Strawberry Fields!
Environment  (tags: pesticides, EPA, methyl bromide, safe food supply, healthconditions, humans, pollution, protection, politics, environment, destruction, conservation, world, Sustainabililty, wildlife )

Cal
- 162 days ago - credoaction.com
Tell the EPA: Keep toxic pesticides out of our strawberry fields. Stop allowing the use of banned methyl bromide!
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New Study Adds to Evidence That Common Pesticides Decimating Bee Colonies
Environment  (tags: bees, pesticides, pollution, humans, ecosystems, environment, destruction, research, science, endangered )

Cal
- 210 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The evidence that common pesticides may be partly to blame for a decline in bees keeps piling up.
9 comments
Tell EPA: Honey Bees Can't Wait - Ban Clothianidin NOW ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, bees, pesticides, habitat, protection )

Cher
- 239 days ago - soe.salsalabs.com
The pesticide clothianidin may be killing our honey bees off by the billions, destroying a key species and endangering our food supply in the process.
89 comments
Ban Pesicide Killing Honey Bees ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, bees, colony collapse, pesticides, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 242 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
A pesticide approved by the Environmental Protection Agency is contributing to Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Sign This Petition for the Dismantling of Monsanto
Environment  (tags: Monsanto, pesticides, environment, GMO crops, destruction, habitatdestruction, habitat, protection, humans, green, government, ecosystems )

Cal
- 245 days ago - avaaz.org
Monsanto's pesticides kill bees, disrupt ecosystems, pollute rivers and groundwater and are the source of a number of cancers and malformations.
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Study Links Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka's Farm Belt to Agrochemicals
Environment  (tags: healthconditions, humans, pesticides, Sri Lanka, world, politics, pollution, conservation, destruction, green, ecosystems, environment, wildlife )

Cal
- 275 days ago - ipsnews.net
New research on the high prevalence of kidney disease in Sri Lanka's farming areas mentions a possible link to heavy metals in the water, associated with fertiliser and pesticide use
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