Toxic Acres Social Media Toolkit

Thank you so much for helping to get the word out about this new study! Below are
sample tweets and Facebook messaging.

We encourage you to include a link to one of the following resources in your posts.
If possible, please download these to your computer and then upload directly to Twitter or
Facebook for the most views.

Animated graph of study results https://bit.ly/2MHRPsg

1-minute video (FOE logo) https://bit.ly/2yDViQh

1-minute video (Unbranded) https://bit.ly/2KrD8a1

These links can be copied and pasted directly into posts.

Press release https://bit.ly/2YMaBRw

National Geographic: Insect 'apocalypse' https://on.natgeo.com/2YO3TKG

in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic
pesticides

Op-ed in The Guardian: American https://bit.ly/2YUraef

agriculture is 48 times more toxic than 25
years ago

Study in PLOS ONE https://bit.ly/2Yr4Xc7

FOE webpage about study https://foe.org/toxic-acres/

Twitter
● NEW STUDY: US agriculture now 48 times more toxic to insect life — and neonic
pesticides are the main driver. We must ban these dangerous pesticides and invest in
organic farming to #SaveTheBees
 ● New study shows 48-fold increase in toxicity of US ag for insects since neonic pesticides
were introduced 25 yrs ago. Congress must put bees & our future before corporate
profits. Pass the Saving America’s Pollinators Act to #SaveTheBees

● New study shows an explosion of toxicity in US agriculture since neonic pesticides were
introduced 25 yrs ago. The stark decline of insect populations is the true price of
pesticide-intensive agriculture. We must ban neonics to #SaveTheBees!

● NEW STUDY: US agriculture now 48 times more toxic to insects. Fields that should buzz
with bees are being silenced by @Bayer and @Syngenta’s pesticides. We must ban
neonics and invest in organic to #SaveTheBees

● Pesticide companies have poisoned the Earth with neonic pesticides — and insects are
dying at unprecedented rates because of it. @foe_us’s new study shows that we must
ban neonic pesticides and invest in organic farming to #SaveTheBees

● NEW STUDY: US agriculture is 48 times more toxic to insect life since neonic pesticides
were introduced 25 yrs ago. We must ban neonics and invest in organic to
#SaveTheBees and protect our food system and planet!

● New study shows 48 fold increase in toxicity of US agriculture for insect life over the past
two decades since neonic pesticides were introduced. We must shift our food system
away from reliance on harmful pesticides & toward organic ag to #SaveTheBees

Facebook
● NEW STUDY: US agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insect life since neonic
pesticides were introduced 25 years ago. We must ban these dangerous pesticides and
invest in a rapid transition to organic agriculture to save the bees.

● New study shows U.S. agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insect life since
we started using neonics 25 years ago. Pesticide companies have poisoned the Earth
with neonic pesticides — and insects are dying at unprecedented rates because of it.
We must ban neonic pesticides and invest in organic farming to save the bees, our food
system and the planet.