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Dan Klotz, Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW)

The release of a new report by the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, spells out the public health risk inherent in factory farming and heightens the urgency surrounding the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA). This bill, which already includes many of the Pew Commission’s recommendations, would phase out the use of antibiotics that are important in human medicine as animal feed additives within two years.