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>From a Pennsylvania rescue list:
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>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 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 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.
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