Garnet wrote: > Propylene glycol is in ice cream and other foods. It is not anti-freeze
I don't know where you get that idea from. It is anti-freeze. Most anti-freeze is ethylene glycol, but the pet/earth friendly (less toxic) antifreeze is propylene glycol. I use the propolyne glycol for my CS machine coolingjacket just in case anyghing were to break, it would be less toxic. Marshall > > although in sufficient quantities it causes CNS depression. Ethylene > Glycol is anti-freeze and will kill dogs and cats, they drink it because > it is sweet. Does not take much. There are safe alternatives for those > who do not want to risk a leak around their pets. > > Garnet > > On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 13:12, James Holmes wrote: > > I am not current with Urban Legends, but in the past, I have had the > > suspicion that they are a mixed bag; some good information and some > > non-well-motivated debunking. > > > > It is a well known technique to kill dogs by setting out a bowl of auto > > anti-freeze. It tastes sweet. I think the same stuff is used in small > > amounts in ice cream. > > > > JOH > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Garnet [mailto:garnetri...@earthlink.net] > > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 8:40 AM > > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Subject: Re: CS>[OT] cross-posting warning for animal owners > > > > > > It was not antifreeze but if you look at the MSDS for the ingredients in > > Swiffers it clearly states "CNS Depression". So not it is not an urban > > legend. Someone just got confused between ethylene glycol and Propylene > > Glycoly n-methylether. The latter is a CNS depressant and not recommended > > for inhalation (builds up in air tight housing don cha know) or for skin > > contact and subsequent ingestion. > > > > P&G spin doctors attempted to disarm this report but failed in the eyes of > > those who know how to read the required disclosures on the MSDS. > > > > Garnet > > > > On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 23:28, David Bearrow wrote: > > > That is an urban legend. Please see the following URL: > > > > > > http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/swiffer.asp > > > > > > At 12:06 AM 5/6/04, you wrote: > > > >This is from a Rhodesian Ridgeback list. > > > > > > > >Re: The Swiffer Wet Jet and your Pets > > > > > > > >Permission to cross post > > > > > > > > From a Pennsylvania rescue list:: > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List > > > archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT > > > Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > > > > > >
