Pinsky and Nathan-Pulliam introduce bill to Keep Antibiotics Working!

Today, Senators Paul Pinsky and Shirley Nathan-Pulliam introduced a #SB607, a bill to keep antibiotics working by stopping the overuse of antibiotics on industrial farms.

Food & farming

February 4, 2016

Emily Scarr

Senior Advisor, Maryland PIRG

Today, Senators Paul Pinsky and Shirley Nathan-Pulliam introduced a #SB607, a bill to keep antibiotics working by stopping the overuse of antibiotics on industrial farms.

For more details, check out this blog form Mae Wu at NRDC which includes new polling on Marylanders’ opinion on the issue:

New Poll Shows Strong, Broad, Bipartisan Support

A new independent poll commissioned by NRDC and also released today shows there is strong and broad support for the bill statewide – across party lines and geography. Across Maryland, 68 percent favor state legislation that would restrict the regular use of medically important antibiotics in industrial agriculture and reserve them for use only when animals are sick.

The geographic breakdown of support for the legislation is just as broad.

72.2 % of Baltimore City,
68.4 % of Baltimore suburbs,
67.6% of Washington suburbs,
66.6% of Eastern Shore and southern Maryland, and
67.1% of Western Maryland support such legislation.

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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.