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(Beyond Pesticides, <\/i>February 18, 2014) On Valentine\u2019s Day, Beyond Pesticides, Pesticide Action Network, and Center for Food Safety, represented by Earthjustice, submitted detailed comments<\/a> to state officials urging them to stop approving pesticides linked to bee declines. The groups also underscored larger problems with the Department of Pesticide Regulation\u2019s inability to complete evaluations of pesticides after five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia officials are rushing to approve yet another systemic bee-harming pesticide before they fully understand the range of impacts,\u201d said Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides and one of the groups that also filed federal comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter five years of evaluation, state officials continue to rubber stamp new products that are known to harm bees,\u201d said Paul Towers, Organizing & Media Director for Pesticide Action Network. \u201cThe problem is urgent and unless California officials take swift action, they put California\u2019s food system and agricultural economy at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

A growing body of independent science links a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids<\/a> (\u201cneonics\u201d) to bee declines, both alone and in combination with other factors like disease and malnutrition. Oregon officials<\/a> determined the neonic dinotefuran<\/a> was the cause of two massive bee kills<\/a> in the state last year. In the letter submitted on Friday, groups called on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) not to allow greater use of this pesticide.<\/p>\n

“We know these chemicals have been responsible for massive bee deaths – dinotefuran was the neonicotinoid responsible for the largest ever bumblebee kill last summer. Why should we allow these catastrophic losses to continue by registering more<\/i> \u00a0uses and approving \u00a0new <\/i>systemic pesticides. It defies logic and the law,” said Larissa Walker, policy and campaign coordinator for Center for Food Safety.<\/p>\n

In addition, the groups also urged DPR not to register a product containing a new ingredient called cyantraniliprole<\/a>. Several of the groups filed comments with the federal government to not approve the use of this pesticide last year. But federal officials just announced its approval, opening the door for California use.<\/p>\n

The groups also urged DPR to conclude its review of the neonicotinoid pesticides as a class. The review, which began in 2009, has no clear end in sight.<\/p>\n

\u201cDPR has been saying for five years that neonicotinoid pesticides may be killing California\u2019s honey bees, and yet the agency allows more and more of these pesticides to be used each year,\u201d said Greg Loarie, an attorney at Earthjustice. \u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s past time for DPR to fix its broken evaluation system and protect our bees and our agricultural economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

One in every three bites of food depends on bees for pollination, and the annual value of pollination services worldwide are estimated at over $125 billion. In the United States, pollination contributes $20-30 billion in agricultural production annually. And in California alone, almonds are an over $3 billion industry.<\/p>\n

“Bees, beekeepers and the food system can’t afford to wait forever,” said Jeff Anderson, a beekeeper and owner of California-Minnesota Honey Farms. “California officials must act quickly and decisively to protect bees and the crops they pollinate.”<\/p>\n

In December, the European Union began a two-year moratorium<\/a> on three of the most widely used neonicotinoids. Yet, the U.S. EPA, working in coordination with Canadian and California officials, has refused to take any action until at least 2018.<\/p>\n

Across the country this week, food, farming and beekeeper groups frustrated with the lack of state and federal action coordinated efforts to \u201cShow Bees Some Love<\/a>.\u201d Groups, including Friends of the Earth, delivered thousands of Valentines to one home and garden store in the Bay Area urging them to stop selling plants treated with neonicotinoids. And the Los Angeles City Council took steps<\/a> to legalize urban beekeeping.<\/p>\n

For more information about the importance of pollinators and the efforts to ban neonicotinoids please visit Beyond Pesticides BEE Protective <\/a>page.<\/p>\n

All unattributed<\/i> positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticide.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The founders, who established Beyond Pesticides (originally as National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) as a nonprofit membership organization in 1981, felt that without the existence of such an organized, national network, local, state and national pesticide policy would become, under chemical industry pressure, increasingly unresponsive to public health and environmental concerns. Beyond Pesticides believes that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly. We believe decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision-makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. Learn more about our work, read A Year in Review\u20142021, our accomplishments are your victories! Beyond Pesticides seeks to protect healthy air, water, land, and food for ourselves and future generations. By forging ties with governments, nonprofits, and people who rely on these natural resources, we reduce the need for unnecessary pesticide use and protect public health and the environment. Beyond Pesticides provides hands-on services to the public and supports local action by: identifying and interpreting hazards; and, designing safe pest management programs. With the information provided by Beyond Pesticides, people may not only be able to make informed choices and adopt practices that protect themselves and their families from unnecessary exposure to pesticides, but they will be able to effect changes on community-wide pest management decisions and policies that govern pesticide use, such as pesticide uses in parks, schools, for community insect control and along roadsides. 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