Help Protect California’s Communities, Bees, and Food Supply!

One in every three bites of food we eat depends on bees and other pollinators. But bees are dying at an alarming rate across California and the entire country, threatening our food supply, our agricultural industry, and our economy.

But the good news is California state leaders have a huge opportunity to help protect pollinators, communities, and our food supply from toxic pesticides. They've released a draft proposal on how they plan to take action — but it doesn't go far enough.

So, we must turn out thousands of Californians to make their voices heard in support of the strongest protections possible against toxic neonics.

Urge the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to restrict the use of toxic neonic pesticides to protect communities, waterways, pollinators, and the food systems that depend on them to survive.

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California Department of Pesticide Regulation

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No more toxic neonic pesticides in California!

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Dear California Department of Pesticide Regulation,

Thank you for taking an important first step in limiting the dangers of toxic neonic pesticides that are harming human health, killing pollinators, and threatening our food supply.

Now, please commit to doing more to protect the environment and our communities from these pesticides.

I ask that you make sure that your upcoming rules would:

* Restrict the use of neonic-treated seeds, which may be the single largest use of neonics in California (When seeds are treated with neonics, these pesticides are absorbed by plants, making the entire plant — its roots, leaves, fruit, and pollen — toxic to pollinators.)
* Restrict agricultural AND non-agricultural neonic uses, which is important because neonics have been found in urban and suburban surface waters
* Mitigate all real-world neonic exposures to protect honeybees and thousands of other pollinating species
* Consider how neonics threaten the health and food supply of California's communities and agricultural workers and harm our state's environment, soil, water, and plants

One in every three bites of food we eat depends on bees and other pollinators. But pollinators are dying at alarming rates.

COVID-19 has highlighted which communities are most impacted by food insecurity during a national crisis.

Low-income communities and communities of color are hit the hardest when food is scarce and prices rise.

That means future food scarcity due to pollinator declines is a major threat to the well-being of California communities. We must fight to protect our food supply, now more than ever. No bees means less food.

Please move quickly to make these new rules as strong as possible to protect pollinators, our food supply, and our communities.

Sincerely,

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