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Did you know than an estimated 70 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States are regularly added to the feed of livestock and poultry that are not sick—a practice with serious consequences for our health? Bacteria that are constantly exposed to antibiotics develop antibiotic resistance. This means that when humans get sick from resistant bacteria, the antibiotics prescribed by doctors don’t work.

Leaders in the House and Senate have introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, a bill to end antibiotic overuse in animal agriculture.

Please send a letter today, thanking your legislator for cosponsoring this legislation.

Below is a list of representatives/senators who have already co-sponsored this legislation. If your members of Congress are not on the list, click here to send a letter urging them to support this bill. Click here to look up your members of Congress.