Bees are incredibly valuable — we need them to pollinate and grow our food. But too many pesticides designed to kill pests end up killing our bees too.
More and more people are seeking ways to help bee populations by purchasing "bee-friendly" garden plants. But more than half of these plants sold at Home Depot and Lowe's actually contain a toxic pesticide that can harm or even kill bees!
Sign the petition to Lowe's and Home Depot: Stop selling bee-killing plants marketed as "bee-friendly."
Our allies at Friends of the Earth recently released a groundbreaking report that exposes the truth about many "bee-friendly" plants. They tested these garden plants from Home Depot, Lowe's and Walmart in 18 cities across the U.S. and Canada and found that more than half of the plant samples tested contained pesticides at levels that could harm or kill bees — with no warning to consumers. So, instead of helping bees in our gardens, we may unknowingly be poisoning them.
It is downright shameful that companies like Home Depot and Lowe's are trying to take advantage of concerned people seeking out "bee-friendly" plants by selling them the very pesticides they are trying to avoid.
Will you take a moment to tell Lowe's and Home Depot to stop selling plants that mislead the public into thinking they're helping bees?
With bee populations at an all-time low, our food crops are threatened. Bees help crops to grow and reproduce by flying from plant to plant dropping pollen. We need to be doing everything we can to help bees, not hurt them.
Thousands of people across the country have signed petitions, sent letters and taken to the streets asking retailers including Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling bee-killing pesticides. These and other garden retail giants have yet to publicly commit to removing bee-harming products from their shelves. We need more people speaking out and demanding action.
Sign our petition today; activists around the country will be delivering cards, letters and petitions to Lowe's and Home Depot a few days before Halloween.
Thanks for signing,
Meredith Begin
Organizer, Education & Outreach
Food & Water Watch
mbegin(at)fwwatch(dot)org
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