How just a single seed can kill 80,000 bees
A common farming practice is spreading toxic pesticides into the environment: harming pollinators, wildlife and ecosystems.
Pesticides
The unnecessary use of pesticides is harming ecosystems and threatening our health.
If you’re lucky, you might see a summer’s field buzzing with bees or a flock of monarch butterflies undertaking their annual migration. But our country’s overuse of toxic pesticides is making such sights less common as it makes much of our country’s environment toxic. Seeping far beyond the initially treated zones, these pesticides are infiltrating our soil, water systems and food chains. Together, we can put our country on a safer path free of pesticides.
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Updates
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What You Can Do
Featured Resources
Save the Bees Web-Bee-Nar
Guide to planting a pollinator-friendly garden
We’re calling on Amazon to help save the bees
A snapshot of state actions to protect pollinators
Did You Know?
Monarch populations have dropped by more than 80% in recent decades, due in part to our country’s overuse of pesticides.
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How popcorn could help save the bees
Almost all corn planted in the U.S. is coated with bee-killing pesticides. We’re calling on popcorn makers to take action to save the bees.
The marvel of monarch migration
There are so many strange and wonderful facts about the monarch butterfly. Check them out.
Team
Blackledge
Steve
Blackledge
Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America
Rakov
Susan
Rakov
Managing Director, Frontier Group; Senior Vice President, The Public Interest Network