The is calling on Congress to stop the overuse of antibiotics on industrial livestock operations. Corrales is a bucolic village north of Albuquerque, home to , some of whom keep farm animals.
Village councilor EnnioGarcia-Miera sponsored the resolution, which passed this week on a 5-to-1 vote. "It鈥檚 very much Corrales," he said. "We are a farming, agricultural community. We鈥檙e a very green village. That鈥檚 part of our culture."
Antibiotics are given to livestock so they gain weight quickly, according to the . But the FDA recommends antibiotics be reserved for medical necessity, because overuse results in drug-resistant bacteria, widely considered a threat to public health.
Corrales joins about 50 other municipalities nationally that have passed similar measures. Though the village is small, Garcia-Miera says the move represents change from the bottom up.
