188 Pill Bottles in Annapolis

Time is running out for legislators to pass a bill to keep antibiotics working. On Tuesday, we lead a group to Annapolis to educate legislators about this important bill.

Food & farming

March 15, 2016

Emily Scarr

Senior Advisor, Maryland PIRG

Time is running out for legislators to pass a bill to keep antibiotics working. On Tuesday, we lead a group to Annapolis to educate legislators about this important bill.

Together, we dropped off 188 pill bottles filled with lifesavers to every office in the Maryland General Assembly to urge them to vote yes on SB 607 and HB 829! Our pill bottles got a lot of people’s attention and it was a great success!

188 Pill bottles, ready for delivery

23,000 people die in the United State every year from antibiotic resistant infections.

Representatives from the Maryland Campaign to Keep Antibiotics Working, including Maryland PIRG, Maryland PIRG Students, NRDC, the Maryland Public Health Association, the Maryland Environmental Health Network, and Maryland Clean Water Action team up to deliver an important message to legislators.

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Emily Scarr

Senior Advisor, Maryland PIRG

Emily is a senior advisor for Maryland PIRG. Recently, Emily helped win small donor public financing in Montgomery and Howard counties, and the Maryland Keep Antibiotics Effective Act to protect public health by restricting the use of antibiotics on Maryland farms. Emily also serves on the Executive Committees of the Maryland Fair Elections Coalition and the Maryland Campaign to Keep Antibiotics Working, and the Steering Committees for the Maryland Pesticide Action Network and Marylanders for Open Government. Emily lives in Baltimore with her husband and dog.