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Drug Resistance
Rep. Slaughter Reintroduces Bill to Help Fight Antibiotic Resistance Crisis by Combating Misuse of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture
April 4th, 2009
Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) -- a national coalition of health, consumer, agricultural, environmental, humane, and other advocacy groups with more than ten million supporters -- today welcomed the reintroduction of a bill that would help combat the antibiotic resistance crisis by targeting the overuse of antibiotics important to human medicine in animal agriculture. The legislation, "The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act," (PAMTA) was introduced today in the House by Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the only microbiologist in Congress. The re-introduction of the bill builds on the momentum from last year's Congressional decision to enact a...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-04-04)
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