Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock

[dbackjon]

The Obama administration announced Monday that it would seek to ban many routine uses of antibiotics in farm animals in hopes of reducing the spread of dangerous bacteria in humans.

In written testimony to the House Rules Committee, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, principal deputy commissioner of food and drugs, said feeding antibiotics to healthy chickens, pigs and cattle — done to encourage rapid growth — should cease. And Dr. Sharfstein said farmers should no longer be able to use antibiotics in animals without the supervision of a veterinarian.

Both practices lead to the development of bacteria that are immune to many treatments, he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/healt ... ml?_r=2&hp

The legislation is supported by the American Medical Association, among other groups, but opposed by farm organizations like the National Pork Producers Council. The farm lobby’s opposition makes its passage unlikely, but advocates are hoping to include the measure in the legislation to revamp the health care system.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has estimated that as much as 70 percent of antibiotics used in the United States is given to healthy chickens, pigs and cattle to encourage their growth or to prevent illnesses.

[dbackjon]

Very good news - this needs to be done ASAP.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

My tits think differently.................

[Cap'n Cat]

My tits think differently.................

Your tits are uglier than you are, ass-to-mouth.

[AZGrizFan]

My tits think differently.................

Your tits are uglier than you are, ass-to-mouth.

Why are you so angry?

[Cap'n Cat]

Your tits are uglier than you are, ass-to-mouth.

Why are you so angry?

I'm not. Just being an asshole today.

XXX
OOO

[AZGrizFan]

Why are you so angry?

I'm not. Just being an asshole today.

XXX
OOO

Seek counseling.

[Cap'n Cat]

I'm not. Just being an asshole today.

XXX
OOO

Seek counseling.

Shaddap.

[AZGrizFan]

Seek counseling.

Shaddap.

Now me?

[Grizalltheway]

Thread of the year nomination!

[Cap'n Cat]

Back on topic, the older (ie, more Progressive and better-looking) I get, the more I worry about this crap. What is the data on the effects of humans? I've never looked.

Most of this sh*t was pushed and passed by Conks from Conk states under Conk administrations, so I've become petrified, given what no regulation did to our economy under a Conk troll, 2001-2008.

[AZGrizFan]

Most of this sh*t was pushed and passed by Conks from Conk states under Conk administrations,

Joke. You're worse than Fox News.

Just throw out an accusation, no source, no data.....just to be inflamatory. You must have learned from Bill O'Reilly, the master.

[Cap'n Cat]

Most of this sh*t was pushed and passed by Conks from Conk states under Conk administrations,

Joke. You're worse than Fox News.

Just throw out an accusation, no source, no data.....just to be inflamatory. You must have learned from Bill O'Reilly, the master.

Z, My first intent was to bait a Conk or two. I succeeded. The second was to Donkgeneralizaggerate for humor purposes.

[AZGrizFan]

Joke. You're worse than Fox News.

Just throw out an accusation, no source, no data.....just to be inflamatory. You must have learned from Bill O'Reilly, the master.

Z, My first intent was to bait a Conk or two. I succeeded. The second was to Donkgeneralizaggerate for humor purposes.

Whom did you "bait"?

[Cap'n Cat]

Z, My first intent was to bait a Conk or two. I succeeded. The second was to Donkgeneralizaggerate for humor purposes.

Whom did you "bait"?

That fat fvcking carp, AZGrizFan.

[AZGrizFan]

Whom did you "bait"?

That fat fvcking carp, AZGrizFan.

Nope. Swing and miss, fatso. If I had taken the "bait", my response would have been somewhere along the lines of the following:

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW, DENUNZIO??? THIS SHIT'S BEEN GOIN' ON SINCE THE 50'S AND SOMEHOW YOUR SICK, TWISTED MIND ALWAYS GENERALIZES IT BACK TO BEING GWB'S FAULT, OR THAT GOD RONALD REAGAN'S FAULT!!! YOU'RE A STUPID FUCK WHO CAN'T EVEN SEE HIS SHOES, NEEDS TWEEZERS TO FIND HIS PEE PEE, AND HAS TO HAVE D1B SCRATCH HIS BALLSACK BECAUSE HE CAN'T REACH IT! EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 2001-2008 WAS TO CORRECT ALL THE HORRIBLE ATROCITIES THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN 1993 AND 2001! GWB WAS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD AND IF ALGORE HAD BEEN PRESIDENT IN 2001 WE'D HAVE BEEN SO BUSY BUYING CARBON CREDITS ON THE BLACK MARKET WE'D BE SPEAKIN' ARABIC RIGHT NOW, BOWING TO MECCA 5 TIMES A DAY AND CUTTING THE HEADS OFF OF EVERYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH US! YOU SHOULD JUST THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS THAT SOMEONE WITH A BALLSACK WAS ACTUALLY PRESIDENT OTHERWISE YOU'D HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED FOR FEAR YOU WERE A PIG!!!"

Alas, I wasn't baited.