ECO is currently working with the The Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming  (HHIF) to protect human health by eliminating the misuse of antibiotics and related drugs in food animals.

This is an incredibly important health issue, especially for Arkansans.  The overuse of antibiotics in food animals increases antibiotic resistant bacteria (creating "superbugs" that antibiotics cannot treat).  The multitude of large chicken, pig, and cow production facilities in Arkansas are exposing a large percentage of the population to these unnecessary antibiotics, increasing our chance of getting an untreatable infection.

For more information on this issue, please see Pew's website on Human Health and Industrial Farming.