A petition to ask the European Union to ban pesticides that have been known to harm bee populations worldwide:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/hours_to_save_the_bees/?bdMbocb&v=21422
Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and
food. But in just a few hours the European Union could move to ban the most
poisonous pesticides, and pave the way to a global ban that would save bees
from extinction.
Four EU countries have begun banning these
poisons, and some bee populations are already recovering. Days ago the
official European food safety watchdog stated for the first time that certain
pesticides are fatally harming bees. Now legal experts and European
politicians are calling for an immediate ban. But, Bayer and other giant
pesticide producers are lobbying hard to keep them on the market. If we
build a huge swarm of public outrage now, we can push the European Commission
to put our health and our environment before the profit of a few.
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