Capitol Hill Briefing

Industrial Animal Farms and Worker Health and Safety

On December 17, 2009, Pew hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill in collaboration with Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Leading experts discussed the public health and sociological effects of industrial farm animal production for farm workers and rural communities.

Find out more, view the presentations:

• Agriculture and Antibiotic Resistance (PDF)
  
  Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa College of Public Health
  
  
• Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: Veterinary Medicine's Role (PDF)
  
  Michael Blackwell, D.V.M., M.P.H., former assistant surgeon general, U.S. Public Health Service; former dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
  
  
• Industrial Swine Production in North Carolina: Environmental, Health, and Social Impacts (PDF)
  
  Steven Wing, Ph.D., associate professor, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
  
  
• Environmental Health Awareness: Challenges in Eastern North Carolina (PDF)
  
  Dothula Baron-Hall and Devon Hall, Rural Empowerment Association for Community Health (REACH), Duplin County, North Carolina
  
  

View the original briefing invitation