----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:31 PM Subject: Re: CS>[OT] cross-posting warning for animal owners
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.