From: Hanno W. Kirk [oma00356@mail.wvnet.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 10:31 PM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: Antibiotics in agriculture

Dear Commissioner Henney,

As the time of your tenure of office comes to a close, I am asking you
to take a bold action, similar to the lst minute executive orders
Presdient Cinton is issuing.

It concerns authorizing a a system for collectingbasic data on
agricultural antibiotic use in the United States.  The information
should be collected for both human and agricultural use and should
include the class, indication, dosage, and treatment period.

According ot the Union of Concerned Scientists, the amount of
antibiotics used to enhance growth and prevent infection in dairy cows
is reaching about 24.6 million pounds -or
roughly 70 percent of all antibiotic drugs in the US.
 The danger obviously is that we will build up resistance by ingessting
the meata or milk that contains these antibiotics.

Please act on this before you leave office.

Thank you.

Hanno Kirk PhD