URGENT: The EPA is refusing to take action to stop bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides from devastating honeybee populations. We need 146 more people to sign our petition before midnight tonight in order to reach our goal of 50,000 people DEMANDING the EPA restrict these toxic pesticides - but we're missing your signature! Add your name now to save the bees! | Environmental Working Group

🐝🐝🐝1 teaspoon of the neonicotinoid Thiamethoxam can kill 1.25 billion bees, that is more than all the bees in North America! The “Insect Apocalypse” is already underway, some areas, like German nature reserves, have seen insect biomass drop by 75% in 30 years. “If all insects were to disappear it is thought that all life on earth would end within 50 years, if all human beings were to disappear within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.” – Jonas Salk. It is impossible to picture our far

Neonics are the single-most used insecticide in the country. On any given day, about half of the U.S. population is exposed to at least one type of neonic, putting us at risk for possible health impacts, from neurological damage to birth defects in the heart and brain. Learn more about why this harmful exposure threatens both humans and bees >> | NRDC

522K views · 2K reactions | Dying bees have sparked the EU to ban the most widely used pesticides. | Seeker by The Verge | Facebook