From: smgreenberg [smgreenberg@pol.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:34 AM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: antibiotic abuse

I urge the FDA to maintain a database on the increasing use of
antibiotics in US agriculture.  In my medical practice I strive to limit
the use of antibiotics in order not to create resistant strains and
unnecessarily expose people to drugs.  But given what the US
agricultural industry does with antibiotics, my efforts are wasted.

Stephen M. Greenberg, MD
Santa Monica, CA