Neonicotinoids are a group of insecticides that are used widely on farms, as well as around homes, schools, and city landscapes. Neonicotinoids are systemic chemicals. They are absorbed by the plant and dispersed through plant tissues, including pollen and nectar.
These chemicals are systematically killing our honeybee, bumblebee, dragonfly, and butterfly populations in America. Already, species of bumblebees and domesticated honeybees are extinct, and their extinction is linked to neonicotinoids.
Not to mention, Americans are digesting small amounts of poison anytime they eat food that has been exposed to neonicotinoids, and shockingly they are hard to avoid unless one shops organic. Digesting any amount of poison, no matter how small, should not be tolerated. And it should be a crime.