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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How to avoid bee-killing pesticides

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How to avoid bee-killing pesticides

To save the bees, you should avoid toxic bee-killing pesticides called neonicotinoids. Use our guide to identify which pesticides contain neonicotinoids.

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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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New data shows 72% bumble bee decline in parts of Colorado

Ban Toxic Pesticides

New data shows 72% bumble bee decline in parts of Colorado

Environment Colorado held a media event to highlight a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that finds a 72% bumble bee decline in Colorado from 1998-2020 pointing to neonic pesticides as one of the causes of bee die-offs.

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Steve
Blackledge

Steve
Blackledge

Senior Director, Conservation America Campaign, Environment America

Susan
Rakov

Susan
Rakov

Research Director, Environment America; Executive Director, Frontier Group

Mark
Morgenstein
Mark Morgenstein

Mark
Morgenstein

Director of Media Relations, The Public Interest Network