From: Boyer, Dorothy [Dorothy.Boyer@pwssd.k12.wi.us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:19 PM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: Antibiotic-use reporting system

Jane E. Henney, MD

Dear Jane,

What a shame it is that we let the agricultural industry in our country use
antibiotics for purposes of subsequent profit.  The antibiotics should have
been conserved for human health problems.  Instead, we have destroyed the
effectiveness of antibiotics by using them too much.  Bacteria have mutated,
and now what will we use to fight infection?

Please engineer a process which will collect data on the quantity of
antibiotics used in U.S. agriculture.  We need to start a national
antibiotic-use reporting system now.

Sincerely,

Dorothy Boyer
1969 Lakefield Road
Cedarburg, WI  53012