Date: 2/19/25 5:46 pm From: Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: [Ctleps-l] Action Alert (High Urgency): 2 bills to reduce pesticides (Neonicotinoids and Rodenticides)
Have any other states banned Neonics?
Paul Plotnick
Venice, FL
On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM Kimberly Jannarone via CTBirds <
<ctbirds...> wrote:
> 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
> ________________________________
> From: Jim Dugan via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 12:13 PM
> To: Stefan Martin <nafets519...>
> Cc: CT Birds <ctbirds...>; <CTleps-l...> <
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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:
> >
> > Your help is needed today on 2 bills in Hartford that would protect
> birds, insects and other wildlife from dangerous substances.
> >
> > Please take a few minutes today to submit testimony to the General
> Assembly’s Environment Committee. It's easy to do.
> >
> > 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)
> >
> >
> > Here are some guidelines:
> >
> > Be brief.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > And urge them to pass HB 06916 and HB 06915.
> >
> > You can adapt the talking points below as you see fit.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Neonics also pose a significant threat to bees, butterflies, and aquatic
> insects.
> >
> > Neonics are approximately 7,000 times more toxic than DDT. A single
> neonic-coated corn kernel can be lethal to a songbird.
> >
> > It took decades of work and great expense for Bald Eagles, Ospreys and
> other species to recover from near extinction because of DDT.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > HB 06915 is called An Act Concerning the Use of Second-generation
> Anticoagulant Rodenticides.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Respectfully urge passage of both HB 06916 and HB 06915.
> >
> >
> > *The above message was adapted from The Connecticut Audubon Society's
> members email.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Thank you for your support,
> >
> > Stefan Martin
> > -The Connecticut Audubon Society
> > Conservation Manager
> > -The Connecticut Butterfly Association
> > President
> >
> >
> >
> >
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