From: EXECSEC
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 7:42 AM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: FW: Prevent untreatable diseases



-----Original Message-----
From: storn8@yahoo.com [mailto:storn8@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 2:52 PM
To: jhenney@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Prevent untreatable diseases


Office of the Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857

Dear Commissioner:

I have been doing some research on the use of antibiotics in the US.  It is kind of scarey.

The European Union has already banned all growth-promoting uses of antibiotics that have a role in human medicine.

While the FDA continues to study the problem, how many more diseases will become untreatable?

I urge you to preserve the effectiveness of human antibiotics by banning their use to make livestock grow faster.  If an animal is sick, that is one thing, but to just arbitrarily give livestock antibiotics is dangerous.

Sincerely,

Wayne Porter
603 Engman Street
Clearwater, GA 33755