[blparent] OT warning

[Veronica Smith]

this is quite scary. V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:55 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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