<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #99cc00;">Help repeal pesticide preemption in Illinois!</span></strong></h2>

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Right now in Illinois, only the state government can regulate, limit, or ban private pesticide use, sales, handling, and disposal. Municipalities and other local authorities cannot legally limit the private use of pesticides such as bee-killing neonicotinoids, because of <a href="http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PreemptionRepeal_factsheet_links1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pesticide preemption</a>. Repealing preemption at the state level allows your local authority to better control the toxicity of and exposure to harmful products being used in your community.
<p style="text-align: left;">Visit our partner Go Green Oak Park's <a href="https://gogreenoakpark.wordpress.com/">website</a> for more information on pesticide preemption in Illinois.</p>

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<strong>Here are <span style="color: #ff6600;">5 steps</span> to support the fight to end pesticide preemption in the state of Illinois:</strong>

<strong>1. <span style="color: #ff6600;">Share </span></strong>this webpage (<a href="http://bit.ly/ILpreemption">bit.ly/ILpreemption</a>) with others in your community.
<strong> 2. <span style="color: #ff6600;">Download</span></strong> the <a href="http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Petition-Final.docx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">petition</a> and <a href="http://midwestpesticideaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Preemption-Resolution-Final.docx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> templates.
<strong> 3. <span style="color: #ff6600;">Create </span></strong>a <a href="https://www.change.org/start-a-petition">Change.org</a> campaign with the petition.
<strong> 4. <span style="color: #ff6600;">Select </span></strong>a public official from your community to receive the petition (Mayor, Board Chair, etc.).
<strong> 5. <span style="color: #ff6600;">Contact </span></strong>MPAC's Ryan Anderson (<a href="mailto:randerson@pesticideaction.org">randerson@pesticideaction.org</a>) to help advertise and for next steps.

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