Bees are responsible for 1 in 3 bites of food we eat. Without bees and other pollinators, crops like coffee and chocolate would be in short supply, making them more expensive and harder to obtain.
But neonicotinoids -- the most widely used insecticides in the world -- pose a serious threat to our precious pollinators. Neonics are extremely TOXIC and can KILL BEES on contact. The EPA has found that they jeopardize the continued existence of more than 200 threatened and endangered species.
And people are also not safe from the effects of neonics – they have been linked to developmental defects, autism, heart deformations, muscle tremors and memory loss!
Now, the EPA has a chance to ban the worst neonics once and for all. Instead, it might approve these pesticides for another 15 years. And another 15 years of neonics could be a disaster for our bees.
