New Poll Reveals Overwhelming Majority of Doctors Concerned About Antibiotics Use on Healthy Animals
Illinois PIRG, Consumers Union and local Northwestern and U of Chicago doctors will release a new Consumer Reports poll that points to overwhelming concern from doctors around the common meat industry practice of feeding antibiotics to healthy animals.
A press conference will be held Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, First Floor, 225 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, at 10:00 A.M. with:
1.    Sameer Patel, MD MPH
Lurie Children’s Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Director
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Assistant Professor
2.    Susan Boyle-Vavra, PhD
University of Chicago MRSA Research Center, Director
Associate Professor, University of Chicago
3.    Michael Hansen, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist, Consumers Union
4.    Dev Gowda, JD
Campaign Director, Illinois PIRG’s End the Misuse of Antibiotics Campaign
Visuals: Local doctors in white coats; petition signatures of 7,000 health professionals to Obama administration
Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) is a statewide consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security or our right to fully participate in our democratic society.
