On December 17, 2009, Pew hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill in collaboration with Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Leading experts discussed the public health and sociological effects of industrial farm animal production for farm workers and rural communities.
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Agriculture and Antibiotic Resistance (PDF)
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Veterinary Medicine's Role (PDF)
Michael Blackwell, D.V.M., M.P.H., former assistant surgeon general, U.S. Public Health Service; former dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
Industrial Swine Production in North Carolina: Environmental, Health, and Social Impacts (PDF)
Steven Wing, Ph.D., associate professor, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Environmental Health Awareness: Challenges in Eastern North Carolina (PDF)
Dothula Baron-Hall and Devon Hall, Rural Empowerment Association for Community Health (REACH), Duplin County, North Carolina
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Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today introduced the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act, a bipartisan bill that would eliminate certain antibiotic-related practices that contribute to the rise of drug-resistant bacteria and endanger human health. The legislation is co-sponsored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA).
More infoThis bibliography lists the latest published scientific and economic literature concerning the contribution of routine antibiotic use in food animals to the growing public health crisis of human antibiotic resistance. Research on how antibiotic use in food animal production contributes to the growing health crisis of antibiotic resistance dates back more than 30 years.
More infoPew Charitable Trusts today applauded Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Susan Collins (R-ME), for introducing the Antimicrobial Data Collection Act, which would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, to report more information on the annual sales of antibiotics used among industrial farm animals. The bipartisan bill would also give the agency a deadline to finalize policies proposed last year to eliminate the use of antibiotics for growth promotion purposes in meat production.
More info"As a nation, we need to exercise greater care with our use of antibiotics, in both humans and animals, so that these medications remain effective in treating serious bacterial infections."
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