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Call the EPA Today
As soon as this Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to rule on the fate of the most deadly pesticide to birds -- one which also poses significant human health risks.
Speak out now for our bald eagles, owls, and other wildlife!
Call EPA official James Gulliford at (202) 564-2902 and encourage him to protect birds, fish and mammals by immediately banning carbofuran.
All you have to do is deliver a simple message:
"Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I live in [YOUR STATE]. I'm calling to urge you to prevent needless bird deaths by doing everything in your power to ban the pesticide carbofuran."
Then, just click here to let us know how your call went. The information you provide on the agency's response will help our strategy to protect wildlife and reduce the use of toxic pesticides.
If you don't have time to make a phone call right now (or would prefer not to), please consider sending an email to make sure your voice is heard on this important issue. Just click here to send your message right now.
Why are we so concerned about carbofuran? This pesticide is extremely toxic to birds. In fact, just one granule of carbofuran is enough to kill a songbird. Its liquid format is equally deadly.
Carbofuran has killed millions of birds, including hundreds of bald eagles and thousands of waterfowl. Birds from more than 100 other species have also been killed, including eastern bluebirds, northern pintails, American robins, owls, swallows, grackles, killdeer and kestrels.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has told EPA for decades that carbofuran poses an unreasonable hazard to birds. Yet EPA has failed to act, even after Fish and Wildlife Service biologists have stated, "There are no known circumstances under which carbofuran can be used without killing birds."
Carbofuran doesn't kill just birds. It can contaminate water and kill fish and mammals that ingest contaminated prey.
There is no reason to be using this toxic pesticide when safer alternatives exist.
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