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#Bayer’s #pesticides are harming #bees

The use of #neonicotinoid pesticides, like those produced by Bayer, has helped make much of America’s landscape toxic to bees.

By Steve Blackledge
December 9, 2022

"#Pollinators are struggling — in large part because pesticides have made much of their environment toxic.

"Over the past quarter century, the increased use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, or neonics for short, has made America’s agricultural landscape roughly 48 times more toxic for bees.

Bees and other pollinators are dying from exposure to these toxic pesticides — and we need to protect them. That’s why we’re calling on one of the country’s largest pesticide manufacturers, Bayer, to do right by our bees and stop making and selling neonics."

Read more / take action:
https://environmentamerica.org/articles/bayers-pesticides-are-harming-bees/