Join us for this free webinar: Neonics, the Toxic Truth: The Pesticides Threatening Bees, Birds, and Our Health.
Lena Freij (she/her) is an Attorney on NRDC’s Nature Team who works to reduce or eliminate the use of pesticides that are harmful to human health and wildlife. Prior to joining NRDC, Lena worked as an Honors Attorney Fellow with EPA Region 10, where she brought administrative enforcement actions against violators of air, waste, pesticide, and toxics statutes. Lena holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Policy from California State University, Long Beach and earned her J.D. from UCLA Law School.
Dan Raichel (he/him) is the Director of NRDC’s Pollinators and Pesticides Initiative, where he focuses on protecting our nation’s bee populations from the ever-growing threats to their health and existence—in particular, the use of bee-toxic pesticides. Before joining the Nature Program, Dan was co-director of NRDC’s Community Fracking Defense Project and an advocate for the cleanup of industrial pollution in the New York region. Dan holds bachelor’s degree in English from Cornell University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
This webinar will explain the science behind the threats posed by neonicotinoid pesticides, aka “neonics,” to pollinators, biodiversity, and our own health as well as neonics’ surprising prevalence in our environment. The popular pesticides contaminate soil, water, and plant life on a nearly unprecedented scale, driving mass losses of birds and bees, and raising alarm bells for a whole host of wildlife, clean water, and human health.
When: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 6 PM EST
Where: Zoom