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• New Maryland Law Will Protect State Pollinator Habitat, May 25, 2017.
• Maryland Takes Additional Steps to Protect Bees and Other Pollinators, April 11, 2017.
• Advocates Urge House of Delegates to Pass Strong Pollinator Habitat Bill, April 6, 2017.
• Beekeepers, Advocates Say State’s Pollinator Protection Plan Needs Improvement, July 18, 2016.
• The 2016 MD Pollinator Protection Act becomes law!, May 27, 2016.
• Maryland Becomes First State in Country to Restrict Bee-Killing Pesticides, April 8, 2016.
• Scientists, Beekeepers, Farmers Seek to Take Bee-Killing Pesticides Off Store Shelves, Label Plants and Seeds, February 10, 2016.
• Advocates Will Try Again to Restrict Bee-Harming Pesticides in 2016 Session; House Environment Committee to Study Issue, April 10, 2015.
• Scientists, Beekeepers Visit Annapolis to Support Labeling and Consumer Restrictions on Bee-Killing Pesticides, March 13, 2015,
• Beekeepers, Watermen, Farmers to Testify in Support of Labeling and Consumer Restrictions on Bee-Killing Pesticides Feb. 17, 2015.

Press Release

• Ban Chlorpyrifos in Maryland – Fact Sheet, January 2018.
• Nurseries with Bee-safe Plants & Seeds May 2017.
• Bee-harming Products to Avoid May 2017.
• Safer Alternatives to Bee-harming Pesticides May 2017.
• Healthy Lawns & Yards May 2017.
• 2017 Pollinator Habitat Plans Law – Fact Sheet, January 2017.
• Smart on Pesticides Public Comment Letter for Managed Pollinator Protection Plan, July 2016.
• The Pollinator Protection Act – Fact Sheet, June 2016.
• Neonicotinoid-Free Consumer Pesticide Products March 4, 2015.
• THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR: NEONICS HARM BEES February 26, 2015.
• Bees in Trouble fact sheet (Friends of the Earth), February 2016.
• New Maryland Poll: Strong Voter Concern about Pesticides, January 2, 2015.
• Frequently Asked Question About the 2015 Pollinator Protection Acts, March 12, 2015.
• Infographic: Have You Heard the Buzz? Pass the Pollinator Protection Act, February 13, 2015.
• The Need for Pesticides Reporting
• Health Care & Public Health Professionals 2014 Letter to Governor and Legislators

In the News

• EPA Says Insecticide May Pose Risk to Bees
• EPA Releases the First of Four Preliminary Risk Assessments for Insecticides Potentially Harmful to Bees, Jan. 6, 2016
• Buzz About Bee Deaths: Committee hears bill to restrict pesticide , March 16, 2015.
• Md.’s infuriating inability to protect its residents (and bees) from pesticides , March 10, 2015.
• Life won’t be sweet without bees , March 9, 2015.
• No Bees? No Food, March 5, 2015.
• Bill Seeks To Protect Bees From Pesticides, Feb. 17, 2015.
• Beekeepers, Neonicotinoids & the Pollinator Protection Act, Feb. 4, 2015.
• Gov. O’Malley Signs Funding Bill for Pesticide Reporting, May 15, 2014.
• Maryland General Assembly Establishes Funding for Pesticide Reporting, April 2, 2014.
• Scientists, Public Health and Environmental Advocates Again Testify in Support of Funding for Pesticide Reporting, February 18, 2014.
• Survey Shows Marylanders are Very Concerned about Pesticide Risks, Support Legislative Action, February 12, 2014.
• Advocates Optimistic about Maryland Pesticide Reporting Work Group, July 8, 2013.
• Diverse Coalition to Testify in Support of Mandatory Pesticide Reporting, February 27, 2013.
• Maryland Delegate Lafferty and Senator Manno Introduce Pesticide Reporting Bill, February 8, 2013.
• Federal Report on Toxics in the Bay Shows Need for More Pesticide Information, January 17, 2013.
• Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Pesticide Information Act, January 16, 2013.

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