Pet Warning

I am crossposting this from a different site. Use your own judgement, I have used mine, and will no longer use this product.

This is a Cross Post

I recently had a neighbor who 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 anitfreeze is one of the
ingredients. (actually he was told it's a compound which is one
molecule away from anitfreeze). Therefore, just by the dog walking
on the floor cleaned with the solution, then licking it's own paws,
and the dog eating from its dishes which were kept on the kitchen
floor cleaned with this product, 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.

 

That is so terrible! I don't use the stuff but I use to use Mop & Glow and it is very harmful to animals my Pekingese got very sick from licking some of it up. My vet gave me a list after that of cleaning products that are harmful to animals so that I may avoid them. Windex and of course any products containing bleach is also on the list and many other everyday household products.

 

Usually when i get an email like this, the first place i go is Snopes


its a website where they investigate urban legends, and the like (such as emails like these)

doing a search with the term "swiffer" brought me to this:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/swiffer.asp

after reading it, and the links contained within, I'm lead to believe that the swiffer is safe for pets, and that email is a hoax.


and off the topic, that website is fun to read thru, finding out the history of some common urban legends...quite a few times, ive read about stuff i could have sworn was true!

 

I agree with jrbuddha - it sounds like a hoak email to me. Thanks for posting though. It will make me think a little more about what cleaning products we use.