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A Heavenly Message for Bayer Inc - Bayer Neonics Non! - Environmental Communication Options/Huff Strategy

A Heavenly Message for Bayer Inc - Bayer Neonics Non!

Apr 27th, 2016 6:33 AM

Media Advisory (Montreal, QC - April 27, 2016) Just before 9am Thursday April 28th representatives of the media are advised to look up, way up, west of the Jacques Cartier bridge. Friends of the Earth Canada assisted by Aerogram will be delivering a message from the heavens to the maker of bee killing pesticides, Bayer Inc. The Aerogram aircraft will orbit the Bayer offices at 1250 René-Lévesque West for about 1 hour. Bayer is a major manufacturer of neonicotinoid pesticides believed to be a major cause of the death of millions of honey bees and other pollinating insects. In 2014, Bayer had sales of $1.9 billion in Canada and €42.2 billion globally. The “buzzing” of the Bayer offices takes place one day before the firm’s Annual General Meeting takes place in Cologne Germany. -30- For more information and viewing locations, please contact: John Bennett (613) 291-6888 Bayer is one the manufacturers of neonicotinoid pesticides that have been banned in the European Union and Ontario, but Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency has failed to act on a ban. Friends of the Earth Canada (FoE) has grown from a small group of volunteers in 1978 to one of the country’s most important voices speaking out on environmental issues. We are the Canadian member of the world’s largest grassroots environmental network ”Friends of the Earth International” which has 75 national member groups and some 5,000 local activist groups covering every continent. FoE is a voice for the environment, nationally and internationally, working with others to inspire the renewal of our communities and the earth, through research, education and advocacy.