Date: 2/19/25 5:12 pm From: Kimberly Jannarone via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: [Ctleps-l] Action Alert (High Urgency): 2 bills to reduce pesticides (Neonicotinoids and Rodenticides)
I can't resist alerting you all to the fact that this hearing is STILL going on. You can watch it at the link below. It's overwhelming how many people are weighing in on this. Even though I knew a fair amount about neonics, I'm learning a lot. I hear this is the fourteenth time a bill like this has come up in Connecticut. I'm really heartened by the testimonies of scientists, bird rehabbers, environmental professionals, and regular folks who know that poisons go up the food chain.
Thanks to everyone who submitted their testimonies and who got the word out. Fingers crossed.
Kimberly Jannarone
New Haven
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From: Jim Dugan via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 12:13 PM
To: Stefan Martin <nafets519...>
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Subject: [CT Birds] Re: [Ctleps-l] Action Alert (High Urgency): 2 bills to reduce pesticides (Neonicotinoids and Rodenticides)
THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING IS LIVE RIGHT NOW
If anyone would like to watch the live stream of today’s Public Hearing on the Neonic and Rodenticide Bills as well as the other important Bills before the State’s Environment Committee that is happening right now, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e12siMZxgY or go to the link Stefan provided below (2nd link in his email).
Jim Dugan
New Milford
> On Feb 18, 2025, at 11:55 AM, Stefan Martin <nafets519...> wrote:
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> Your help is needed today on 2 bills in Hartford that would protect birds, insects and other wildlife from dangerous substances.
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> Please take a few minutes today to submit testimony to the General Assembly’s Environment Committee. It's easy to do.
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> The Committee meets tomorrow (Wednesday, February 19) at noon, so testimony should be submitted today by 3p. Use this link to do so- Submit Testimony <https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=env> >
> You can also sign up for the hearing via zoom here- C G A - Connecticut General Assembly <https://www.cga.ct.gov/default.asp> > (Scroll down to the calendar and click the link for the 10a environmental committee meeting 2/19 at 10a)
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> Here are some guidelines:
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> Be brief.
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> Tell the Committee what town you live in; tell them that you are a supporter of The Connecticut Audubon Society, Audubon Connecticut/National Audubon Society, The Connecticut Butterfly Association (or any other environmental/conservation org).
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> And urge them to pass HB 06916 and HB 06915.
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> You can adapt the talking points below as you see fit.
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> HB 06916 is called An Act Concerning the Use of Neonicotinoids. Neonics are used extensively on lawns, golf courses, and farms, and have been killing birds in Connecticut for years. This bill would be a step in the appropriate direction to help solve that problem.
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> Neonics also pose a significant threat to bees, butterflies, and aquatic insects.
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> Neonics are approximately 7,000 times more toxic than DDT. A single neonic-coated corn kernel can be lethal to a songbird.
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> It took decades of work and great expense for Bald Eagles, Ospreys and other species to recover from near extinction because of DDT.
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> Neonics kill the insects that songbirds rely on for food. The concern now is for the long-term fate of common species such as American Robins, Eastern Bluebirds, Red-winged Blackbirds and many others.
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> HB 06915 is called An Act Concerning the Use of Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides.
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> These rodenticides are used to kill rats and mice, but they don't kill them immediately. The poisoned rats and mice become easy prey for hawks and owls, which almost always die as a result.
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> Please include any or all of the above talking points in your testimony. And please use your own words if you're more comfortable doing it that way.
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> Respectfully urge passage of both HB 06916 and HB 06915.
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> *The above message was adapted from The Connecticut Audubon Society's members email.
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> The passing of these bills is absolutely critical in stopping the unnecessary killing of so many species. Your support is crucial in helping to pass these bills.
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> Thank you for your support,
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> Stefan Martin
> -The Connecticut Audubon Society
> Conservation Manager
> -The Connecticut Butterfly Association
> President
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