Orest
11-08-2005, 03:58 PM
This article was forwarded to me from a friend ...
For those of you with young children and animals......
I recently had a neighbor who had their 5-year old German shepherd dog
put down due to liver failure. The dog was completely healthy until a few
weeks ago. They had a necropsy done to see what the cause was. The liver
levels were unbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison of some kind. The
dog is kept inside, and when he's outside, someone's with him, so the idea
of him getting into something unknown was hard to believe.
My neighbor started going through all the items in the house. When he
got to the Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed, in very tiny print, a warning which
stated "may be harmful to small children and animals." He called the company
to ask what the contents of the cleaning agent are and was astounded to find
out that antifreeze is one of the ingredients. (Actually he was told it's
a compound which is one molecule away from antifreeze).
Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned with the
solution, then licking its own paws, it ingested enough of the solution to
destroy its liver. Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers' two cats also
died of liver failure. They both used the Swiffer Wetjet for quick cleanups on
their floors. Necropsies weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't file a
lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as
possible.
Read a DVM opinion here.
http://www.holisticvetpetcare.com/toxic-alerts.htm
For those of you with young children and animals......
I recently had a neighbor who had their 5-year old German shepherd dog
put down due to liver failure. The dog was completely healthy until a few
weeks ago. They had a necropsy done to see what the cause was. The liver
levels were unbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison of some kind. The
dog is kept inside, and when he's outside, someone's with him, so the idea
of him getting into something unknown was hard to believe.
My neighbor started going through all the items in the house. When he
got to the Swiffer Wetjet, he noticed, in very tiny print, a warning which
stated "may be harmful to small children and animals." He called the company
to ask what the contents of the cleaning agent are and was astounded to find
out that antifreeze is one of the ingredients. (Actually he was told it's
a compound which is one molecule away from antifreeze).
Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned with the
solution, then licking its own paws, it ingested enough of the solution to
destroy its liver. Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers' two cats also
died of liver failure. They both used the Swiffer Wetjet for quick cleanups on
their floors. Necropsies weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't file a
lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as
possible.
Read a DVM opinion here.
http://www.holisticvetpetcare.com/toxic-alerts.htm