HB1086

Please support! This is crucial to our state and our health! Thank you, Mrs. Martha Jaquith

Neonicotinoides are harmful to the bees and other insects. Without pollinators, we will have no food. We need to appreciate the fact that there are many beneficial insects, but pesticides kill them all. These chemicals are not good for the environment overall. Also, these chemicals are passed up the food chain in a process called biological magnification. We need to reduce the amount of chemicals which we are adding to our environment. It will be healthier for all creatures.

I support limiting and passing out the use of neonicotiods. Once planted, these deadly chemicals don’t stay contained. They move through soil, water, air, food chains and even plant tissues, creating widespread environmental contamination that threatens pollinators, birds, insects and other vital species—and with them, the ecosystems and food chains we rely on.

As someone who used to own a farm, I know that pollinators are in trouble. Please pass this bill and make sure that any waiver requirements are very strict.

I strongly support this Bill to restrict the use of highly toxic neonicotinoids, and strongly urge you to Vote to Pass this Bill. Neonicotinoids are applied primarily by agriculturalists (but also retailers of ornamental and native plants), to control destructive mites, aphids, and other “pesty” insect species. Not only are they highly toxic, but these poisons persist in roots, soil, and water bodies, residing in environments long after initial application. Their widespread and indiscriminate use threatens not just target species, but also myriads of non-target organisms, including essential pollinators - native bees, moths, and ants. Predatory insects such as wasps, ladybugs, and lacewings, who assist farmers by controlling pests, also suffer secondary exposure. Earthworms and beetle larvae that are very beneficial in gardens will die in the contaminated soil from application of the neonicotinoids.

We need to protect lakes in New Hampshire. They are a critical part of the state's economy.

On behalf of our health and safety and that of our wildlife, I support this bill.

I'm very concerned about the decrease in the number of pollinators (bees) in our country and in NH, and the decrease in the number of birds (by 25%). These decreases are directly linked to the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. I support restricting their use. We need pollinator populations to be robust and healthy for human survival (growing food!).

I volunteer to survey butterflies in the state. This bill supports the conservation needed to protect insects. Insects are essential to life. We need our bees, butterflies, moths, wasps and all the rest to sustain life.

NH Fish and Game classifies pesticides as a threat not only to wildlife, but also to their habitats and to our entire ecosystem. From the NH State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP): Pesticides are a significant conservation concern. The SWAP classifies them as pollution under the threat category “Agricultural and forestry effluents / Herbicides & pesticides.” The SWAP documents that pesticide use contributes to direct wildlife mortality, particularly among insects and other invertebrates (including impacts from neonicotinoids), and to habitat degradation through runoff, especially in streams, wetlands, and other aquatic systems. The plan's threat summaries describe herbicides and pesticides as among the most commonly identified threats to New Hampshire’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need, underscoring pesticide pollution as a statewide issue affecting both species and ecosystems. Please vote to prohibit the sale of certain agricultural seeds treated with neonicotinoids. Thank you!

we must protect the health of the small wildlife from toxic pesticides; if we don't do this now we will suffer the long term consequences (failed agriculture)

I support this bill

I raise perennials to support pollinating insects. Much of my pleasure comes from watching all the butterflies, bees, wasps and beetles that visit my garden.

Not only are these compunds highly toxic, but these poisons persist in roots, soil, and water bodies, residing in environments long after initial application. Their widespread and indiscriminate use threatens not just target species, but also myriads of nontarget organisms, including essential pollinators - native bees, moths, and ants. Predatory insects such as wasps, ladybugs, and lacewings, who assist farmers by controlling pests, also suffer secondary exposure. Earthworms and beetle larvae die in contaminated soil.

As a master gardener and member of the Derry Garden Club, this chemical, neonicotinoid, needs to be immediately stopped to save our bees and other necessary polinators.

This bill would put into place essential restrictions on the sale of neonicotinoid treated seeds NH. We know what the effects of these pesticides are on insect pollinators, especially bees. High dose coated seeds are commonly used in agriculture, and the indiscriminate spread of seeds contaminates water, soil and plants in none-target areas. Additionally, the efficacy of neonicotinoid pesticides has been questioned and it is well known that several agricultural insects pests have developed resistance to neonicotinoid pesticides. This bill is a first step in protecting pollinators, and developing better pesticide management approaches for the agricultural sector.

Pollinators give us large amounts of our food, they are essential to cultivation of almost a third of our food crops. It is foolish to use anything that endangers them.

With more and more development of the land occurring we as residents need to ensure that this development is coupled with responsible stewardship for the continued health of our ecosystems

I am in full support of this bill to prohibit the use of neonicotinoid treated seeds. Protecting bees and birds may seem like a small thing but it is foundational in preserving the pristine nature of our state and that benefits us all in the long run.

I am strongly in support of HB1431, restricting the use of Neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids harm ecosystems by devastating pollinators and beneficial insects, contaminating water, and negatively impacting birds, leading to population declines, impaired migration, and reproduction issues, while also posing risks to human health, potentially causing neurodevelopmental problems due to their systemic neurotoxicity, despite being initially seen as safer alternatives. Their widespread use, often via seed coatings, leads to environmental persistence, affecting non-target organisms through contaminated pollen, water runoff, and soil, disrupting entire food webs. A 2019 analysis (published in Ecology, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) found that more than 40% of insect species are threatened with extinction. It cited habitat loss to agriculture activities, the use of pesticides, as well as climate change as factors in the insects' decline. International reviews have estimated annual losses globally of between 1% and 2.5% of total biomass every year. Insects are at the core of the food web and our ecosystems here in NH and we must protect them from further harm and loss in this unprecedented time of biodiversity loss and climate uncertainty.

I’m asking you to support HB 1086 because it’s a practical, science-backed step toward protecting New Hampshire’s pollinators and the farms that depend on them. Neonicotinoid pesticides don’t just vanish after they’re applied — they linger in the soil and wash into streams and wetlands, where they harm bees, butterflies, and the aquatic insects that keep our ecosystems running. When pollinators decline, the crops that rely on them take a hit, and that affects farmers, local food systems, and the state’s economy. HB 1086 doesn’t ban everything outright. It simply puts reasonable limits on when and how neonics can be used, especially around pollinator-dependent crops, and strengthens oversight so we’re not unintentionally undermining our own agricultural resilience. Other states have already taken similar steps, and the research is pointing in the same direction: protecting pollinators protects our food supply. Supporting HB 1086 means choosing healthy ecosystems, stronger farms, and a more sustainable future for New Hampshire.

NH Fish and Game classifies pesticides as a threat not only to wildlife, but also to their habitats and to our entire ecosystem. From the NH State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), submitted in September 2025: Pesticides are a significant conservation concern. The SWAP classifies them as pollution under the threat category “Agricultural and forestry effluents / Herbicides & pesticides.” Pesticide use contributes to direct wildlife mortality, particularly among insects and other invertebrates (including impacts from neonicotinoids), and to habitat degradation through runoff, especially in streams, wetlands, and other aquatic systems. The plan's threat summaries describe herbicides and pesticides as among the most commonly identified threats to New Hampshire’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need,

As an employee of an environmental organization and the author of Native New Hampshire: create your own wildlife sanctuary, I understand the long standing and environmentally pervasive devastation that neonicotinoids have on NH ecosystems and multiple trophic levels. Please support this important bill to position our state as leaders in environmental conservation and wildlife protection.

Every year there are less and less songbirds and bees in New Hampshire. I've lived in Milford, NH for nearly 17 years and I have absolutely noticed the decline of these amazing creatures. Songbirds and bees are in decline and seeds treated with neonicotinoids are a major culprit contributing to this loss of life. It is absolutely tragic. As stewards of this state we need to rethink how our actions impact these creatures. I implore you to please prohibit the sale of certain agricultural seeds treated with neonicotinoid pesticides so that birds and bees can flourish.