<h2><strong><span style="color: #99cc00;">We need your help to repeal pesticide preemption in Illinois.</span></strong></h2>

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Right now, <a href="https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/lawn/activist/documents/StatePreemption.pdf">pesticide preemption</a> dictates that only Illinois state government has the power to regulate, limit, or ban private pesticide use, sales, handling, and disposal. Because of preemption, municipalities and other local authorities <em>cannot</em> legally limit the use of pesticides such as bee-killing neonicotinoids by homeowners, pest control companies, or landscapers. Exposure to many of these pesticides threatens <a href="http://midwestpesticideaction.org/the-problem/">human health and our environment</a>.

Repealing preemption at the state level allows your local authority to better control the toxicity and exposure to these harmful products. Here are <span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>5 steps</strong></span> to support MPAC and our partners in the fight to end pesticide preemption in the state of Illinois:
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<h4><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Share</span></strong> this webpage (<a href="http://bit.ly/ILpreemption">bit.ly/ILpreemption</a>) with others in your community.</h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Download</strong></span> the petition and resolution templates.</h4>
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<h4><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Create</span></strong> a <a href="https://www.change.org/start-a-petition">Change.org</a> campaign with the petition.</h4>
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<h4><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Select</span></strong> a public official from your community to receive the petition (Mayor, Board Chair, etc.).</h4>
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<h4><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Contact</span></strong> Midwest Pesticide Action Center's Ryan Anderson (<a href="mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a>) to help advertise and for next steps.</h4>
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Visit our partner Go Green Oak Park's <a href="https://gogreenoakpark.wordpress.com/">website</a> for more information on pesticide preemption in Illinois.
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