Congressional Bill to Get Key Antibiotics Out of Livestock FeedCatherine J. Frompovich According to Rep. Slaughter, Nice work, if you can accomplish it. Probably, Big CAFO, or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, lobbyists will be all over this one to prevent it from becoming law. However, theres something that comes to this writers mind about antibiotics in general and which I ask the honorable Congressperson from New York to address: How come so many antibiotics also are allowed to be put into vaccines given to infants, toddlers, teens, and adults? Since Rep. Slaughter is a microbiologist, she ought to be the first one asking pertinent questions of the FDA regarding antibiotics in vaccines, plus all the other chemical crap like neurotoxins, especially Thimerosal and aluminum, plus formaldehyde, polysorbate 80, which she really should know how dangerous that is, and a laundry list of ingredients, including human diploid cells that just may be involved negatively with homologous recombination. Getting back to her apparent reasons for the PAMTA bill, Slaughters correct insofar as sub-therapeutic levels and uses of antibiotics used to treat human diseases contribute to the widespread promotion of drug-resistant pathogens not only in humans, but in livestock too. Factory farming is the biggest offender and it needs to clean up its act both figuratively and literally. So, what are the biggest disease-resistant threats according to the CDC? [1] Clostridium Difficile; Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Neisseria-gonorrhoeae are classified as the most serious threats. Then there are serious threats, which include: And microorganisms that are less of a threat because their antibiotic resistance is low: For readers and those who raise animals as food, who are interested in the FDAs 2003 Guidance for Industry, I refer you to this report, Evaluating the Safety of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs with Regard to Their Microbiological Effects on Bacteria of Human Health Concern. Readers will note non-binding recommendations! In December of 2013 the FDA issued another report, Phasing Out Certain Antibiotics Use in Farm Animals that, again, had Voluntary compliance! Take a read on this: Of course, they will, just like beforenada! Does everyone know that Michael R. Taylor was vice president for public policy [at] Monsanto? [3] I guess Taylor has not been able to persuade very many pharmaceutical companies or CAFOs otherwise, so thats why Rep. Slaughter had to introduce her bill, for which I congratulate her. All I can say to Rep. Slaughter is Good luck in getting this bill past vested interests lobbyists and their generous gifting to member of Congress. I think you and your bill may have a tough row to hoe, but thanks for having your heart in the right place. References: [1] http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/biggest_threats.html Catherine retired from researching and writing, but felt compelled to write this article. Catherine J Frompovich (website) is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies.Her work has been published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s. Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare researcher 35 years and counting. Catherines latest book,published October 4, 2013, is Vaccination Voodoo, What YOU Dont Know About Vaccines, available on Amazon.com. Her 2012 book A Cancer Answer, Holistic BREAST Cancer Management, A Guide to Effective Non-Toxic Treatments, is available on Amazon.com and as a Kindle eBook. Two of Catherines more recent books on Amazon.com are Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into Whats Probably Making Us Sick (2009) and Lord, How Can I Make It Through Grieving My Loss, An Inspirational Guide Through the Grieving Process(2008) 