Save the Bees! Let Home Hardware and Lowe's Know You Won't Take it Anymore!

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Larry,
Home Depot and Lowe’s still haven’t committed to stop selling the pesticides that are killing the bees -- and now it’s time to up the pressure.
A new report by our allies at Friends of the Earth reveals that more than half of the “bee-friendly” home garden plants sold at stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s actually contain bee-killing pesticides called neonics -- with no warning to consumers!
Nearly 125,000 of us have asked Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling pre-poisoned plants and bee-killing pesticides. But so far, neither company has responded. Now, we need to up the buzz to protect the bees.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PLT photo
Can you take a moment to spread this message on Home Depot's Facebook page and Lowe’s Facebook page?

Home Depot/Lowe’s: Stop selling bee-killing pesticides and pre-poisoned bee-friendly plants! sumofus.org/neonics
Home Depot and Lowe’s don’t even warn consumers that their “bee-friendly” plants are plastered in the pesticides implicated in the global bee die-off -- meaning that these killers may be lurking in our own backyards. Top retailers in Europe stopped selling these poisons even ahead of a continent-wide ban -- now it’s time for North American companies to stop selling these products.
Make sure Home Depot and Lowe's get our message:
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Click here to write on Home Depot's Facebook wall. 
Copy and paste the message below, or write your own:
  • Home Depot: Stop selling bee-killing pesticides 
  • and pre-poisoned bee-friendly plants! sumofus.org/neonics
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Then, click here to write on Lowe's Facebook wall. Copy and paste 
the message below, or write your own:
  • Lowe's: Stop selling bee-killing pesticides and pre-
  • poisoned bee-friendly plants! sumofus.org/neonics 
Thank you,
Angus, Paul, and the team at SumOfUs.org
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