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Joe Pitts: “We must preserve those antibiotics critical to human health for use in treating disease--not for growth promotion or…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2014
We must preserve those antibiotics critical to human health for use in treating disease--not for growth promotion or disease prevention.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts emphasizes the need to restrict antibiotic use in agriculture to protect human health.

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