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> From: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:18:47 EDT
> Subject: Rural Advocacy  antibiotics meeting
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>
> You are invited to attend an educational session on
> antibiotic use in
> agriculture and antibiotic resistant infections to
> be conducted by Dr. Tamar
> Barlam, M.D., 1:00-3:00 p.m., June 25, 2002 in Des
> Moines at a location yet
> to be named.  Dr. Barlam is director of the Project
> on Antibiotic Resistance
> with the Center for Science in the Public Interest
> and a leader of Keep
> Antibiotics Working: The Campaign to End Antibiotic
> Overuse (KAW). Please
> reply to Tim Kautza by June 20 if you will attend
> this gathering so we can
> plan accordingly.
>
> Dr. Barlam will address public health concerns about
> emerging infectious
> diseases that we may not be able to cure because
> bacteria have become
> resistant to antibiotics due to their overuse.
> She’ll look at medical use of
> antibiotics as probably the major contributor to the
> emergence of antibiotic
> resistance, but will focus on the widespread overuse
> of antibiotics in animal
> agricultural and consequent public health and
> environmental impacts.
>
> Dr. Barlam will also discuss positive changes in
> antibiotic use in
> agriculture, related legislation pending in the U.S.
> Congress, and the
> ongoing work of KAW.  Ample time will be provided
> for questions.
>
> For more information about the antibiotic resistance
> issue and the Keep
> Antibiotics Working campaign visit
> www.keepantibioticsworking.org.
>
> Please notify Tim Kautza by June 20 if you plan to
> attend this educational
> session.  We hope to see you there.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Tim Kautza
>
> for Rural Advocacy 2002, an ongoing gathering of
> more than 30 religious,
> environmental, farm, health, and citizen groups
> committed to dialogue, social
> action, and political action regarding rural Iowa.
>
>
> Join us in our great work.
> If you haven’t already, become a member for $25.
> Find out more at www.ncrlc.com
>
> Tim Kautza
> Science and Environmental Education
> National Catholic Rural Life Conference
> 4625 Beaver Avenue
> Des Moines, IA 50310-2199
> 515-270-2634, ext. 16
> 515-270-9447 (FAX)
> [log in to unmask]
> www.ncrlc.com


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