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

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[one_half]<strong>Here are<span style="color: #ff6600;"> 5 steps</span> to support the fight to end pesticide preemption in the state of Illinois:</strong>
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<h4><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Share</strong></span> <span style="color: #808080;"><strong>this webpage</strong></span> (<a href="http://bit.ly/ILpreemption">bit.ly/ILpreemption</a>) <span style="color: #808080;"><strong>with others in your community.</strong></span></h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Download</strong></span> 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.</h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Create</strong></span> a <a href="https://www.change.org/start-a-petition">Change.org</a> campaign with the petition.</h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Select</strong> </span>a public official from your community to receive the petition (Mayor, Board Chair, etc.).</h4>
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<h4><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Contact</strong></span> MPAC'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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<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Why repeal pesticide preemption?</i></b></p>
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 private use of pesticides such as bee-killing neonicotinoids.

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.

<em>Visit our partner Go Green Oak Park's <a href="https://gogreenoakpark.wordpress.com/">website</a> for more information on pesticide preemption in Illinois.</em>[/one_half_last]

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