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 46806 signatures
Number Date Name Location Feel free to include your ...
46806 Sat May 25 01:02:22 EDT 2013 Carla Elchesen Valhalla, NY , US
46805 Sat May 25 00:13:53 EDT 2013 Fang Fang Chiu HK
46804 Sat May 25 00:13:49 EDT 2013 Fang Fang Chiu HK
46803 Fri May 24 21:37:06 EDT 2013 charan Andreas US STOP KILL BEES ASSHOLES!
46802 Thu May 23 12:19:56 EDT 2013 Mary Larkin Moss landing, CA , US
46801 Thu May 23 02:15:29 EDT 2013 Daryl Scheibel LFP, WA , US Just Stop.
46800 Wed May 22 10:43:05 EDT 2013 thomas ans susan kelsey US 206 -->205Under the capitalist sun apparently NOTHING is sacred. STOP killing the bees that we rely on for food supply. have you no conscience or no common sense. Try eating the $$$ you make and see how THAT tastes
46799 Tue May 21 14:53:09 EDT 2013 Gary Overby Madison, WI , US
46798 Mon May 20 23:52:32 EDT 2013 gail marsico US
46797 Sun May 19 19:35:23 EDT 2013 Jeannie Annichenni FL , US
46796 Sun May 19 19:20:48 EDT 2013 Krista Lohr Sarasota, FL , US
46795 Sun May 19 13:21:38 EDT 2013 Nancy Okita Crystal Lake, IL , US
46794 Sun May 19 04:43:46 EDT 2013 Anonymous Santa Barbara, CA , US Please stop! Our entire planet's ecosystem relies on the presence of healthy bee populations. Your actions are criminal, destroying our children's future. Please STOP!
46793 Sat May 18 14:11:35 EDT 2013 Anonymous Melbourne, FL , US
46792 Sat May 18 12:18:02 EDT 2013 Thomas Redfield River Ridge, LA , US Save the BEES!!!!
46791 Fri May 17 19:58:58 EDT 2013 MarianKitty Dennis Santa Cruz, CA , US
46790 Fri May 17 11:55:49 EDT 2013 Todd Perry BUSHNELL, FL , US
46789 Fri May 17 07:58:39 EDT 2013 Joanne Aubrey bexley, OH , US
46788 Fri May 17 01:10:53 EDT 2013 K. Lacey CA , US Your employees and family members also rely on our pollinators to survive. Join the few people that have active brain cells left and save our bees.
46787 Thu May 16 21:25:07 EDT 2013 Donald Teson Overland Park, KS , US
46786 Wed May 15 10:52:27 EDT 2013 Ron Cummins Boise, ID , US
46785 Tue May 14 22:54:27 EDT 2013 sharron Foster Albuquerque, NM , US
46784 Tue May 14 20:01:56 EDT 2013 Amanda Niedrich ID , US
46783 Mon May 13 19:13:48 EDT 2013 Kimberly Carignan GRAND RAPIDS, MI , US
46782 Mon May 13 19:09:08 EDT 2013 Nicole Mansfield Indianapolis, IN , 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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