Uphold Oregon law to make pollinators a priority over the profits of pesticide manufacturers by making permanent the temporary ban against the systemic neonicotinoids, which are implicated worldwide in colony collapse.
Why is this important?
Uphold Oregon statute ORS 634.322 (6) (c) which states, in part, that the State Department of Agriculture “is authorized to establish limitations and procedures deemed necessary and proper for the protect of…pollinating insects, bees” by making permanent the 180 day temporary ban on systemic neonicotinoids which are implicated worldwide in colony collapse in a mounting body of scientific evidence.