Help ban bee-harming pesticides
5 April 2013

Friends of the Earth Director, Andy Atkins, has written to the Government asking it to ban the worst bee-harming pesticides. Add your name to his letter.

Three weeks ago the Government ignored scientific evidence and independent experts. It failed to back a two year ban on the three neonicotinoid pesticides most dangerous to bees.

Now a leading group of cross-party MPs has told the Government to change its position and overhaul its pesticides policy.

Members of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) have spent months hearing evidence on both sides of the argument. And its report is unanimous. Even MPs from the Government's own Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties agree Ministers should back a neonicotinoid ban - and dramatically improve the process for testing pesticide safety.

Add your name to Andy Atkins, Friends of the Earth Director's, letter telling Ministers to ban the most bee-harming pesticides and accept the EAC's recommendations.

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Dear Secretary of State and Minister,

Today's Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report calls on the Government to address a series of important flaws in its pesticides policies and risk assessment processes. I would like to join Friends of the Earth in voicing my support for all the EAC's recommendations. I urge you to do the same. In particular, the Committee unanimously backed European proposals for a temporary ban on the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides on crops attractive to honey bees. Our bees are in trouble and urgently need the Government to put in place a British Bee Action Plan to tackle all causes of their decline. This must ensure bees have adequate feeding and nesting space. But it must also include action to reduce the use of pesticides across the board, starting with the European Commission's proposed neonicotinoid ban. In last month's European vote on this issue, the UK abstained. I support Friends of the Earth's call for you to change this position and support the ban.

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