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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: Beyond Pesticides
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August 6, 2012<br><br>
<h2><b>Tell EPA to Act to Protect Honey Bees Now!</b></h2><br><br>
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</a>EPA’s recent decision to deny the petition recognizing that honey
bees face “imminent hazard” and requesting the suspension of the
pesticide linked to bee die-offs is a blow to beekeepers and over one
million citizen petition signatures worldwide. This decision puts
beekeepers, rural economies, and our food system at risk. EPA believes
the bees are alright, but with hives still averaging losses over 30%,
bees are crying out for help. With one in three bites of food reliant on
honey bee pollination, it’s imperative that EPA act now! <br><br>
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<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bDqrTpqAdcMFrQEYOxKNhDo28eub5AFS">
Tell EPA to suspend the use of the bee-killer clothianidin and protect
pollinators</a> </b><br><br>
See sample comments
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EPA has opened a 60-day public comment period on the agency’s decision to
deny the request by beekeepers to immediately suspend the use of
clothianidin, a pesticide that poses harm to pollinators. <br><br>
The emergency legal petition to EPA was filed in March 2012 by 25
beekeepers and environmental organizations, and cites significant acute
and chronic bee kills across the United States linked to neonicotinoid
pesticides, particularly the insecticide clothianidin. The petition asks
the agency to suspend all registrations for pesticides containing
clothianidin. The petition establishes that EPA failed to follow its own
regulations when it granted a conditional, or temporary, registration to
clothianidin in 2003 without required data establishing that the
pesticide would have no “unreasonable adverse effects” on
pollinators.<br><br>
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Take Action</b></h3><br><br>
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Tell EPA to protect honey bees, other pollinators, and our food supply
and suspend the uses of clothianidin
now!</a>
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