Dear Friends and Colleagues:

Take the Keep Antibiotics Working Pledge and send a
message to President Bush, Congress, and meat and fish
producers that you support phasing out feeding antibiotics
to farm animals and fish that are not sick. 

By taking the pledge you agree to make every effort
to purchase poultry, pork, beef, or fish produced without
the routine use of antibiotics, such as those labeled
"certified organic," "raised without antibiotics,"
or "no antibiotics administered." Take the pledge!

You can take action on this pledge 
(please see directions below) via the web at: 
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/Pledge/ibbsbg44783jwb 

Visit the web address below to tell your friends about
this. 
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/Pledge/forward/ibbsbg44783jwb 

Check out: http://KeepAntibioticsWorking.com to find
out more about the campaign. 

Visit: http://iatp.org/EatWell/orgResults.cfm to find
information on where to buy poultry, pork, beef, or
fish produced without the routine use of antibiotics.

Sign the Pledge to Keep Antibiotics Working! 

INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB: 
If you have access to a web browser, you can take action
on this alert by going to the following URL: 

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/Pledge/ibbsbg44783jwb  

Your letter will be addressed and sent to: 
President George W. Bush  
Your Congressperson  
Your Senators  

----THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT IN YOUR NAME---- 

Antibiotics are losing their effectiveness to treat
disease. One reason is that the overuse of antibiotics
makes disease-causing bacteria resistant to antibiotic
treatment. Such overuse is widespread in animal agriculture.
In fact, an estimated 70% of the antibiotics used in
the US each year are fed to farm animals on a routine
basis - not to treat disease - but to make the animals
grow slightly faster on less feed and to compensate
for crowded, stressful, unhealthy conditions. The American
Medical Association and other experts oppose the feeding
of antibiotics to farm animals that are not sick. 

I pledge to make every effort to purchase poultry,
pork, beef, or fish produced without the routine use
of antibiotics, such as those labeled "certified organic,"
"raised without antibiotics," or "no antibiotics administered."
I urge government officials, and meat and fish producers,
to phase out feeding antibiotics to farm animals and
fish that are not sick. 




Erin E. Jordahl
Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA 50310
515-277-8868
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www.iowa.sierraclub.org

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