Thursday, October 30, 2008

Warning for all pet owners

This was sent to me in email and I thought that the world wide web needed to be informed so I'm posting it here. This can be dangerous to children as well.

Recently my neighbor 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 anecropsy 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 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 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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