babys and pets and lovelies
In response to an email I received:
It's horrible that household products are the only unregulated things on shelves, even in supposed "natural food" stores. I have been thinking about this too, since the last time I went over to my mom's to do my laundry (something i've done all throughout college.) the last time I brought my batch home it reeked of whatever she put in the laundry after I left. I asked her about it and she was offended. You know the inactive ingredients on these products don't have to be listed? I think about what happens when the stuff runs down the drain. people may say, oh, my whites don't get as white with that stuff, or it just doesn't feel clean...but I don't care. it's all I can use. I wonder sometimes if i'm desensitizing myself to my dismay. I don't think so. Even when I go to the chiro office, he's got these towels that smell like downy or something. I opt for not using them. And it's such a component in most skin problems it's not even cool.
Since i've been looking to get a cat, and bird, i'm looking at these things. I don't own a swiffer. I don't own teflon or a microwave. I can guarantee this would only happen in the US>
Attention! if you have indoor pets or small children
Swiffer Sweeper information
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> I found this interesting and wanted to pass it along.
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> 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 h ad 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 floor. 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 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.
>
It's horrible that household products are the only unregulated things on shelves, even in supposed "natural food" stores. I have been thinking about this too, since the last time I went over to my mom's to do my laundry (something i've done all throughout college.) the last time I brought my batch home it reeked of whatever she put in the laundry after I left. I asked her about it and she was offended. You know the inactive ingredients on these products don't have to be listed? I think about what happens when the stuff runs down the drain. people may say, oh, my whites don't get as white with that stuff, or it just doesn't feel clean...but I don't care. it's all I can use. I wonder sometimes if i'm desensitizing myself to my dismay. I don't think so. Even when I go to the chiro office, he's got these towels that smell like downy or something. I opt for not using them. And it's such a component in most skin problems it's not even cool.
Since i've been looking to get a cat, and bird, i'm looking at these things. I don't own a swiffer. I don't own teflon or a microwave. I can guarantee this would only happen in the US>
Attention! if you have indoor pets or small children
Swiffer Sweeper information
>
>
> 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 h ad 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 floor. 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 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.
>