PETITION: EU vote to ban bee-killing toxic pesticides

[SimonFisher]

In less than two days, the European Union will vote on whether to ban toxic pesticides that are killing bees around the world and threatening our food supply. The big corporations profiting from this vile stuff are lobbying furiously to defeat the ban ...

Read more and support the ban at http://www.avaaz.org/en/bye_bye_killers_uk

[Alex]

I think anyone interested in bee's and this under reported issue of colony collapse , needs to watch the documentary, Vanishing of the Bees.

I'll definitely be signing this petition, thanks for posting.

I'm really against pesticides / herbicide use, perhaps because I'm not an intensive farmer.

[SimonFisher]

Our bees are dying, but the environment minister is turning his back on them. Tomorrow, there’s an important vote in Europe, which could stop the use of the pesticides that scientists think are responsible for killing our bees. But Owen Paterson, the environment minister, is planning on scuppering the plans.

https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/bees-urgent-vote

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/13/owen-paterson-ban-pesticides-bees