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Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 8:59 am Post subject: Please write to your MP.
& ask them to support the early day motion EDM 1267. You can find & contact your MP here.

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 10:34 am Post subject:
Done

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 10:41 am Post subject:
Just sent it to our MP. Lets see what he says...

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 10:54 am Post subject:
Done too.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 11:32 am Post subject:
Our MP replied to being tweeted 'what do you think of this EDM' with 'not sure, don't know the background'. So what background info should I send him?

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 1:00 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

Our MP replied to being tweeted 'what do you think of this EDM' with 'not sure, don't know the background'.

So what background info should I send him?

You could ask him to read these articles:-
Bees �restored to health� in Italy

Co-op bans eight pesticides after worldwide beehive collapse

Have we learned nothing since 'Silent Spring'?
& these two papers.
ThesigniﬁcanceoftheDruckrey�K�pfm�llerequationforrisk
assessment�Thetoxicityofneonicotinoidinsecticidesto
arthropodsisreinforcedbyexposuretime
& the wikileaked American EPA document.
Here.

Thanks for your support guys.

Marts

Joined: 06 Sep 2005
Posts: 352
Location: London

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 2:34 pm Post subject:
Done. I want bees to still be around when I get around to having a TBH!!

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Posts: 22780
Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 4:08 pm Post subject:
I shall read up on the EDM later then sign up. A.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 4:14 pm Post subject:
Thanks Tavascrow, I'll plunge into the background later and maybe send the hilights to our MP, see what he says. He's rather over-defensive of the liberal democrat party, but otherwise not a bad egg.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 5:04 pm Post subject:
All done. I was meaning to write to him anyway, so thanks for the nudge.

Chickem

Joined: 27 Mar 2009
Posts: 3958
Location: Sunny Devon

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 11 6:44 pm Post subject:
Done here too!

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 11 2:53 pm Post subject:

I've just received a letter from my MP.

Quote:

Thank you for your recent email regarding the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees & other invertebrates.

I agree with your sentiments & will be signing Early day motion 1267.

If I can help further, please don't hesitate to contact me again.

I know the pesticide lobby will be wining & dining their buddies at Westminster but if enough of us write it might make a difference.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 11 6:49 pm Post subject:
Tavascarow is there a list of the products this is used in? I was thinking about the garden centre route. I might have been buying bee friendly seeds and plants that aren't!

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 11 7:32 pm Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

Tavascarow is there a list of the products this is used in? I was thinking about the garden centre route. I might have been buying bee friendly seeds and plants that aren't!

Household pesticides containing neonicotinoids

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 11 8:48 pm Post subject:
Oh that's alright then. I can't imagine using any of those except perhaps for the houseplant stick things I have somewhere. Better check those and burn them if necessary.

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