I would not put much faith in the urbanlegends site, either they have been bought off, or their research is lacking.
They also claim that a letter that was sent to a committe about aspartame being poisonous was a scam (I actually followed up on this and they claimed the person sending the letter did not exist and the letter was a hoax, yet I talked with her and verified it was not a scam.), and that aspertame is a proven healthy product. yeh right! After seeing that one, I no longer give what they say any validity. Marshall Alaina wrote: > I saw this on another list and its a scam people are saying.. > http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_swiffer_wetjet.htmI'm not a > fan of Porter & Gamble so I dont use it... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jessica Tighe [mailto:jandwti...@charter.net] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:06 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: CS>[OT] cross-posting warning for animal owners > > This is from a Rhodesian Ridgeback list. Re: The Swiffer Wet > Jet and your Pets > > Permission to cross post > > From a Pennsylvania rescue list:: > > > 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. >
