Press Releases
Press Releases
| Date | Press Releases | Topic |
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| Mar 17, 2009 |
On Tuesday, March 17, Rep. Louise Slaughter introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009 (PAMTA), nearly one year after the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production recommended that America reform the way food animals are raised. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 17, 2009 |
Pew Applauds Introduction of Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act Nearly one year after the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released its landmark recommendations on how America should reform the way food animals are raised, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter today introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009 (PAMTA). |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 17, 2009 |
It's Not Chicken Feed: Antibiotic resistance adds billions to health care costs To reform health care we need to reduce health care costs, and that includes reducing the drug-resistant diseases that cost our country billions. This means stopping the misuse of the antibiotics our families rely on |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Feb 10, 2009 |
The problem beyond the peanuts: Feeding human antibiotics to hogs makes salmonella harder to cure. For the hundreds of Americans who have been sickened by salmonella-tainted peanut products, life-saving antibiotics are helping to prevent a catastrophe. But if we don’t change our livestock feeding practices, soon the salmonella may win.
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Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 12, 2008 |
Laura Rogers, project director for the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to reverse its plan to ban off-label usage of certain antibiotics in animal agriculture. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Sep 17, 2008 |
Shelley Hearne, managing director, Health & Human Services Policy at The Pew Charitable Trusts, today issued the following statement in response to the decision by South Korea’s Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to ban the use of seven types of antibiotics in animal feed (the seven antibiotics that South Korea banned from animal feed are: Penicillin, Neomycin, Chlortetracycline, Colistin, Oxytetracycline, Lincomycin, Bacitracin zinc). |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 16, 2008 |
Statement from Karen Steuer, Pew Environment Group, on Antibiotic Use Reporting Requirements Karen Steuer, director of government operations for the Pew Environment Group, today issued the following statement in response to the House Energy & Commerce Committee mark up of the Animal Drug User Fee Act. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jul 16, 2008 |
Robert P. Martin, executive director of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, today reiterated the Commission’s call for a phase out and ban on antimicrobials for non-therapeutic use in food animals. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 3, 2003 |
New Ad Campaign Asks D.C. Commuters ''Who's Hogging Our Antibiotics?'' Who's hogging our antibiotics? That's the question a new advertising campaign is posing to area commuters and people visiting Capitol Hill. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Jun 13, 2013 |
Diez científicos latinoamericanos fueron hoy nombrados Becarios Pew en Ciencias Biomédicas por las Fundaciones Benéficas Pew. Esta beca proporciona apoyo para financiar las investigaciones de los becarios, permitiéndoles estudiar con destacados científicos de Estados Unidos e invirtiendo capital inicial para ayudarles a establecer sus propios laboratorios al regresar a sus países de origen. La beca Pew otorga un financiamiento flexible a los investigadores posdoctorales que investigan algunos de los problemas de salud más preocupantes del mundo, como la diabetes, la esquizofrenia y el cáncer. |
Biomedical Research |
