Re: CS>Transfer FactorI saw this on another list and its a scam people are
saying.. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_swiffer_wetjet.htm
I'm not a fan of Porter & Gamble so I dont use it...
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Jessica Tighe [mailto:[email protected]]
  Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:06 AM
  To: [email protected]
  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.