--- [log in to unmask] wrote: > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]