Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021

 

Sharing the email below about Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021.

More than 40 species of pollinators are listed as threatened or endangered. And the monarch butterfly population has declined by 90% in just two decades (but it still has not received federal protection). One major contributor to the decline in Pollinators is a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids.

Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Jim McGovern have reintroduced the Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021. This bill would protect pollinators from these dangerous pesticides by immediately canceling the registration of neonicotinoids.

Saving America’s Pollinators Act:

• Establishes a Pollinator Protection Board (PPB), consisting of scientists, beekeepers, farmers, and conservationists that have no direct or indirect ties to pesticide companies, in order to evaluate pesticides for their toxicity to pollinators and pollinator habitat
• Cancels the registration of the following insecticides: neonicotinoid pesticides or pesticides containing imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, acetamiprid, sulfoxaflor, flupyradifurone, or fipronil until they are properly reviewed by the Pollinator Protection Board; and
• Implements a state-of-the-art monitoring network for native bees, ensuring that experts and the general public have up-to-date 

Possible actions you can take
- educate your self about insecticides and the decline of pollinators https://pollinator.org/pollinators
- do not use these insecticides
- Send a message to your representative: Ask the to become educated about Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2021 and then support it
 

https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2021/06/saving-americas-pollinators-act-reintroduced-advocates-urge-congressional-action-to-stop-pollinator-decline/