[blparent] OT warning
Dena Wainwright
autumnrose21 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 6 01:17:06 UTC 2009
this is not true. my husband researched this online, and there are experts
from various vet associations, the spca, and consumer reports who have
refuted this.
Dena
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:55 PM
Subject: [blparent] OT warning
>I thought this might be good for some of us to read.
>
> Please pass this on.
> I found this interesting and wanted to pass it along.
> Recently someone had to have their 5-year old German
> Shepherd dog put down due to liver failure. The dog was completely healthy
> until a few weeks ago, so 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 possibl e so they don't lose their animals.
> This is equally harmful to babies and small children that
> play on the floor a lot and put their fingers in their mouths a lot.
> PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE BABIES, SMALL CHILDREN OR
> OWN A PET; PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON! YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN OR PETS
> BUT
> SOME OF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY WITH PETS AND ALSO FAMILIES WITH
> GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
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