Tell Bayer to stop killing bees

Bayer, the global chemical company, is manufacturing a chemical that new evidence shows is killing off bees.

30% of our crops -- and 90% of wild plants -- rely on bees to thrive.

Bayer has paid for biased research that “proves” its chemical isn’t a problem. But now independent scientists in Europe have discovered that Bayer’s chemical is a high risk to bees.

Bayer makes everything from Alka-Seltzer to Berocca to flea treatments for pets. Bayer knows that it needs to keep its customers happy. If it realizes that its customers are outraged, it will have to pull its bee-poisoning pesticide off the market.

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Bayer: Withdraw neonicotinoids from the market.
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This petition has a goal of 50000 signatures
1-25 of 46975 signatures
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46975 Fri Dec 13 01:25:21 EST 2013 suher rasid San Francisco, CA , US
46974 Wed Dec 11 23:12:53 EST 2013 Anonymous Flanders, NJ , US
46973 Wed Dec 11 10:39:05 EST 2013 sylvie carpentier ot ,
46972 Mon Dec 02 14:10:48 EST 2013 Anonymous US So much evidence shows that bees are being killed by pesticides, especially the class of neonicotinoids. Please withdraw these for the sake of all of us. Thank you!
46971 Mon Dec 02 00:55:58 EST 2013 Ruth Pianalto Tontitown, AR , US We kill the bees and we are in serious trouble...we will hold those responsible...!!
46970 Sun Dec 01 16:18:10 EST 2013 caryl sawyer sandston, VA , US
46969 Sat Nov 30 21:50:29 EST 2013 Vija Contala DE
46968 Sat Nov 30 05:03:59 EST 2013 Hayley Anderson London, ot , GB
46967 Fri Nov 29 19:04:41 EST 2013 Rebecca Troon Santa Barbara, CA , US
46966 Thu Nov 28 22:10:55 EST 2013 Anonymous Gilbert, AZ , US
46965 Thu Nov 28 07:14:56 EST 2013 Anonymous Newton Centre, MA , US get a heart...... and maybe I will stop my boycott of your products
46964 Thu Nov 28 06:56:05 EST 2013 nancy strong cornville, AZ , US
46963 Wed Nov 27 16:21:57 EST 2013 Marlene Osuna Los ANgeles, CA , US
46962 Wed Nov 27 01:03:01 EST 2013 charlotte smart London, ot , GB
46961 Sun Nov 24 14:49:34 EST 2013 Ariana Jane Javonillo
46960 Sun Nov 24 00:48:04 EST 2013 Frank Insana Phoenix, AZ , US
46959 Sun Nov 24 00:36:13 EST 2013 Joseph Novel Union, MO , US
46958 Fri Nov 22 18:37:19 EST 2013 Shane Rolston Omagh, ot , GB Jeez, Come on Guys!
46957 Fri Nov 22 15:48:44 EST 2013 James Rainey GB
46956 Wed Nov 20 22:49:18 EST 2013 Anonymous IL , US
46955 Wed Nov 20 21:11:01 EST 2013 Jessica Boddy Chicago, IL , US
46954 Wed Nov 20 11:40:40 EST 2013 Lonnie Richardson Asheboro, NC , US
46953 Mon Nov 18 00:00:19 EST 2013 Linda McBride Ithaca, NY , US
46952 Sat Nov 16 01:17:09 EST 2013 Josephine Piarulli San Diego, CA , US
46951 Thu Nov 14 08:28:30 EST 2013 Randall Wombaker CO , US
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Background:
The dangerous chemical Bayer makes is a neonicotinoid. Neonicotonoids are soaked into seeds, spreading through the plant and killing insects stopping for a snack. These pesticides can easily be replaced by different chemicals that don’t soak so deeply into our crops. But companies like Bayer make a fortune from selling neonicotinoids - so they’ll do everything they can to protect their profit. It’s not just bees that are hurt by these chemicals. Research on rats found that neonicotinoids may also hurt human health, especially the developing brain. But as with the bees, we don’t know as much as we should about the health hazards, because companies like Bayer spend millions on research which muddies the water with biased studies. For Bayer, people’s health plays a distant second to their huge profits.

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