Det agrokemiske firma Syngenta har netop bedt det amerikansk miljøagentur om at hæve de tilladte værdier for et sprøjtemiddel betragteligt, selv om midlet er forbudt i EU, fordi rapporter kæder det sammen med den omfattende bidød, der truer vores fødevareforsyning.
Det skriver organisationen SumOfUs i en mobiliserings-mail lørdag.
Breaking news: A massive pesticide company has just asked the U.S. government to increase the legal limit for its bee-killing pesticides by 4000%.
That’s right. Four. Thousand. Percent.
(Redaktionen: Der er netop kommet en mail, hvori SumOfUs hævder, at tallet ikke er korrekt. Det korrekte tal er ifølge mailen 40.000%. Andre medier:
Syngenta beder om en forhøjelse på 400 gange mere: http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060005321
Link til sagsbehandlingen ved EPA (USAs miljøagentur): http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-09-05/pdf/2014-21101.pdf )
Bees are already facing a massive global die-off. This could be a death sentence for millions more bees.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public input on the decision for the next 27 days. So we’re urgently working to organize beekeepers and the public to speak out against this devastating bee-killing proposal.
Bierne er vigtige for vores fødevareforsyning
Bees fill a crucial ecological role as pollinators and are essential for agriculture, and are responsible for every third bite of food we eat. In other words: No bees, no farms. No farms, no food.
These pesticides are already banned in Europe. But rather than phase them out for the sake of our bees, pesticide companies are suing the European Union to overturn the ban.
Now, they’re petition the US government to massively increase the limits of pesticide residues — residues that are actively harmful to bees, and can stay in the soil for up to a year.
Op mod en tredjedel af vores fødevareforsyning er afhænig af biernes rolle som bestøvere. Derfor er den omfattende bidød kendt som Colony Disorder Colapse katastrofal.
Læs mere om EU’s forbud mod neonicotinoid og sagsanlægget mod EU af den årsag her:
http://www.u-landsnyt.dk/nyhed/05-08-14/bayer-og-bierne
