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To: Andrew Wheeler, EPA Administrator

Protect Our Bees: Reverse Approval for "Emergency" Use of Bee-Killing Pesticide Sulfoxafor

Honey bees are in big trouble. Reverse your approval for "Emergency" use of the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor in 11 states.

Why is this important?

"The number of honey bee hives in the U.S. dropped from 6 million in 1947 to just 2.4 million in 2008, with 2018 being the worst year on record for hive loss." A large part of the honey bee declines can be attributed to increased use of pesticides for agricultural crops.

Sulfoxaflor is a bee-killing pesticide that was banned in 2015 because it was killing so many bees. We depend on honey bees to pollinate our crops and to provide a great deal of the food on tables across America.

The EPA is supposed to protect the health of our environment. We ask that you reverse your decision to allow the use of this bee-killing pesticide immediately.

Updates

2020-04-11 20:27:20 -0400

Thanks for all of the signatures! We have 36,559 signatures. I have downloaded the petition and emailed it to Andrew Wheeler, the EPA Administrator, and requested that it be added to the official federal docket of comments. I have requested a personal response and will keep everyone updated when I hear back. I plan to follow up with a phone call in the next week or two as well to make sure they received it and that it will be part of the official record for consideration.

Thanks again everyone!