{"id":33012,"date":"2023-06-05T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=33012"},"modified":"2023-06-05T12:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:08:49","slug":"take-action-with-butterfly-decline-mounting-epa-allows-continued-pesicide-use-that-causes-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2023\/06\/take-action-with-butterfly-decline-mounting-epa-allows-continued-pesicide-use-that-causes-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action: With Butterfly Decline Mounting, EPA Allows Continued Pesticide Use that Causes Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, June 5, 2023) Butterflies\u2014the most attractive of our insect fauna\u2014are disappearing at an appalling rate, largely due to pesticide use<\/a>. Recent studies have documented declines of almost 50% from 1990 to 2011<\/a> in Europe (with trends continuing<\/a>), of 58 percent between 2000 and 2009<\/a> in the U.K., and of 33% from 1996\u20132016 in the state of Ohio in the U.S. Even steeper declines have been documented for Monarch butterflies, with an 80 percent decline<\/a> of Eastern monarchs and 99 percent decline<\/a> of Western monarchs.<\/p>\r\n

Tell EPA to eliminate pesticides that threaten butterflies. Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Interior to help bring back butterflies by eliminating the use of pesticides that threaten them. Tell Congress that EPA and other agencies need to do their job and protect our most charismatic insects<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Last year, EPA admitted<\/a> that three neonicotinoid pesticides are \u201clikely to adversely affect from two-thirds to over three-fourths of America\u2019s endangered species\u20141,225 to 1,445 species in all,\u201d including many butterfly species. On May 5 of this year, EPA released<\/a> new analyses of these neonics\u2019 effects on endangered species. EPA\u2019s analyses focus on the species most at risk of extinction, and the results represent a \u201cfive-alarm fire,\u201d<\/a> according to the Center for Biological Diversity\u2019s environmental health director, Lori Ann Bird. EPA identifies 25 insect species and upwards of 160 plants dependent on insect pollination whose existence is most perilous.<\/p>\r\n

Studies<\/a> upon studies<\/a> upon studies<\/a> show that pesticides are a major contributor to the loss of insect biomass and diversity known as the \u201cinsect apocalypse,\u201d particularly in combination with climate change<\/a>. Insects are important as pollinators and as part of the food web that supports all life, so the loss of insects is a threat to life on Earth. The problem is not just insecticides, however. Since butterflies depend on plants\u2014sometimes specific plants, as monarchs depend on milkweeds\u2014the widespread use of herbicides is also a major factor in the loss of butterflies.<\/p>\r\n

At a more foundational level, pesticides that support industrial agriculture eliminate habitat\u2014either through outright destruction or through toxic contamination. In much of the U.S., agricultural fields are bare for half the year and support a single plant species for the other half. The difference between industrial agriculture and organic agriculture is that through their organic systems plans, organic producers are required<\/a> to conserve<\/a>\u2014protect and increase\u2014biodiversity.<\/p>\r\n

Letter to EPA<\/u>:<\/p>\r\n

Butterflies\u2014the most charismatic of our insect fauna\u2014are disappearing at an appalling rate, largely due to pesticide use. Recent studies have documented declines of almost 50% from 1990 to 2011 in Europe (with trends continuing), of 58 percent between 2000 and 2009 in the U.K., and of 33% over 1996\u20132016 in the state of Ohio in the U.S. Even steeper declines have been documented for Monarch butterflies, with an 80 percent decline of Eastern monarchs and 99 percent decline of Western monarchs.<\/p>\r\n

Last year the EPA admitted that three neonicotinoid pesticides are \u201clikely to adversely affect from two-thirds to over three-fourths of America\u2019s endangered species\u20141,225 to 1,445 species in all,\u201d including many butterfly species. On May 5 of this year, EPA released new analyses of these neonics\u2019 effects on endangered species. EPA\u2019s analyses focus on the species most at risk of extinction, and the results represent a \u201cfive-alarm fire,\u201d according to the Center for Biological Diversity\u2019s environmental health director, Lori Ann Bird. EPA identifies 25 insect species and upwards of 160 plants dependent on insect pollination whose existence is most perilous.<\/p>\r\n

Many studies show that pesticides are a major contributor to the loss of insect biomass and diversity known as the \u201cinsect apocalypse,\u201d particularly in combination with climate change. Insects are important as pollinators and as part of the food web that supports all life, so the loss of insects is a threat to life on Earth. The problem is not just insecticides, however. Since butterflies depend on plants\u2014sometimes specific plants, as monarchs depend on milkweeds\u2014the widespread use of herbicides is also a major factor in the loss of butterflies.<\/p>\r\n

At a more foundational level, pesticides that support industrial agriculture eliminate habitat\u2014either through outright destruction or through toxic contamination. In much of the U.S., agricultural fields are bare for half the year and support a single plant species for the other half. The difference between industrial agriculture and organic agriculture is that through their organic systems plans, organic producers are required to conserve\u2014protect and increase\u2014biodiversity.<\/p>\r\n

Please eliminate pesticides that threaten butterflies.<\/p>\r\n

Thank you.<\/p>\r\n

Letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u00a0 and Dept. of Interior:<\/u><\/p>\r\n

Butterflies\u2014the most charismatic of our insect fauna\u2014are disappearing at an appalling rate, largely due to pesticide use. Recent studies have documented declines of almost 50% from 1990 to 2011 in Europe (with trends continuing), of 58 percent between 2000 and 2009 in the U.K., and of 33% over 1996\u20132016 in the state of Ohio in the U.S. Even steeper declines have been documented for Monarch butterflies, with an 80 percent decline of Eastern monarchs and 99 percent decline of Western monarchs.<\/p>\r\n

Last year the EPA admitted that three neonicotinoid pesticides are \u201clikely to adversely affect from two-thirds to over three-fourths of America\u2019s endangered species\u20141,225 to 1,445 species in all,\u201d including many butterfly species. On May 5 of this year, EPA released new analyses of these neonics\u2019 effects on endangered species. EPA\u2019s analyses focus on the species most at risk of extinction, and the results represent a \u201cfive-alarm fire,\u201d according to the Center for Biological Diversity\u2019s environmental health director, Lori Ann Bird. EPA identifies 25 insect species and upwards of 160 plants dependent on insect pollination whose existence is most perilous.<\/p>\r\n

Many studies show that pesticides are a major contributor to the loss of insect biomass and diversity known as the \u201cinsect apocalypse,\u201d particularly in combination with climate change. Insects are important as pollinators and as part of the food web that supports all life, so the loss of insects is a threat to life on Earth. The problem is not just insecticides, however. Since butterflies depend on plants\u2014sometimes specific plants, as monarchs depend on milkweeds\u2014the widespread use of herbicides is also a major factor in the loss of butterflies.<\/p>\r\n

At a more foundational level, pesticides that support industrial agriculture eliminate habitat\u2014either through outright destruction or through toxic contamination. In much of the U.S., agricultural fields are bare for half the year and support a single plant species for the other half. The difference between industrial agriculture and organic agriculture is that through their organic systems plans, organic producers are required to conserve\u2014protect and increase\u2014biodiversity.<\/p>\r\n

Please help bring back butterflies by eliminating the use of pesticides that threaten them on public lands.<\/p>\r\n

Thank you.<\/p>\r\n

Letter to U.S. Senators and Representative:<\/u><\/p>\r\n

Butterflies\u2014the most charismatic of our insect fauna\u2014are disappearing at an appalling rate, largely due to pesticide use. Recent studies have documented declines of almost 50% from 1990 to 2011 in Europe (with trends continuing), of 58 percent between 2000 and 2009 in the U.K., and of 33% over 1996\u20132016 in the state of Ohio in the U.S. Even steeper declines have been documented for Monarch butterflies, with an 80 percent decline of Eastern monarchs and 99 percent decline of Western monarchs.<\/p>\r\n

Last year the EPA admitted that three neonicotinoid pesticides are \u201clikely to adversely affect from two-thirds to over three-fourths of America\u2019s endangered species\u20141,225 to 1,445 species in all,\u201d including many butterfly species. On May 5 of this year, EPA released new analyses of these neonics\u2019 effects on endangered species. EPA\u2019s analyses focus on the species most at risk of extinction, and the results represent a \u201cfive-alarm fire,\u201d according to the Center for Biological Diversity\u2019s environmental health director, Lori Ann Bird. EPA identifies 25 insect species and upwards of 160 plants dependent on insect pollination whose existence is most perilous.<\/p>\r\n

Many studies show that pesticides are a major contributor to the loss of insect biomass and diversity known as the \u201cinsect apocalypse,\u201d particularly in combination with climate change. Insects are important as pollinators and as part of the food web that supports all life, so the loss of insects is a threat to life on Earth. The problem is not just insecticides, however. Since butterflies depend on plants\u2014sometimes specific plants, as monarchs depend on milkweeds\u2014the widespread use of herbicides is also a major factor in the loss of butterflies.<\/p>\r\n

At a more foundational level, pesticides that support industrial agriculture eliminate habitat\u2014either through outright destruction or through toxic contamination. In much of the U.S., agricultural fields are bare for half the year and support a single plant species for the other half. The difference between industrial agriculture and organic agriculture is that through their organic systems plans, organic producers are required to conserve\u2014protect and increase\u2014biodiversity.<\/p>\r\n

Please ensure that EPA and other agencies need to do their job and protect our most charismatic insects.<\/p>\r\n

Thank you.<\/p>\r\n

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Recent studies have documented declines of almost 50% from 1990 to 2011 in Europe (with trends continuing), of 58 percent between 2000 and 2009 in the U.K., and of 33% from 1996\u20132016 in the state of Ohio in the U.S. Even steeper declines have been documented for Monarch butterflies, with an 80 percent decline of Eastern monarchs and 99 percent decline of Western monarchs. Tell EPA to eliminate pesticides that threaten butterflies. Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Interior to help bring back butterflies by eliminating the use of pesticides that threaten them. Tell Congress that EPA and other agencies need to do their job and protect our most charismatic insects. Last year, EPA admitted that three neonicotinoid pesticides are \u201clikely to adversely affect from two-thirds to over three-fourths of America\u2019s endangered species\u20141,225 to 1,445 species in all,\u201d including many butterfly species. 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