SWIFFERWet Jet....IMPORTANT .. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO PET LOVERS EVERYWHERE
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, 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.

This is equally harmful to babies and small children that play on the floor a lot and put their fingers in their mouths a lot.

 PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE BABIES, SMALL
 CHILDREN OR OWN A PET --PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON!
 

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             One of the worst chemicals out there is 2-butoxyethanol (anti-freeze with butyl ether)

 

Explained by a Veterinarian

I only know about canine AIHA.

It killed my beloved American Eskimo in 17 days. The first sign was his refusal to eat his dinner on a Friday night. I took him to the vet's the next morning...his gums were very pale. He was diagnosed that day and treatment with steroids began. We couldn't get his red-cell and platelets back up and he died 16 days later. He had never been sick or required the attention of a vet in the prior 8 1/2 years. It was awful!

sinkingfeeling

 
Well, it wouldn't surprise me if pets can get the same thing. Did you know that Swiffer wet jet keeps you going round and round when you are looking for the ingredients on their website? And they make a big deal to say that it is safe for pets (Whereas rumor is saying the opposite, like they die) Sure wouldn't want baby crawling around on 'swiffered floors' with all these uncertainties.

One of my grown children just loves her dogs. I remember when the lab was a puppy, she would spray some kind of scented stuff around ... maybe it was flea spray (She doesn't think it's significant & doesn't remember when I ask her)

Now her dog needs allergy shots and has special drops for its ears.

I think she could have caused the problem with those sprays when it was little.

Sorry about your pet; do you have any idea whether he got into something in the garbage ... like antifreeze (they say it tastes sweet) or some cleaning chemical vapors got in his eyes?

Dear Maggie

 AIHA...auto-immune hemolytic anemia. 

Dinks was a house dog and was always at my side. It's possible that some type of vapor could have gotten into his system. I live in a 147 year-old house that I have been restoring for the last 9 years. I have all types of chemicals and painting stuff in the house and in use.

The day before Dinks died, I drove him to the nearest university with a vet hospital (185 miles away) in a last attempt to save him. They found blood throughout his system (spleen, lungs, etc.) and thought that the underlying problem was the spleen. By then, he was too weak and damaged to attempt surgery. He died in my arms just 24-hours after we left for the trip home.

My dogs have never gotten into anything in the house...always stayed away from my stuff and I put them outside when using something really nasty like stripper. 

sinkingfeeling

 
Thanks for sharing.

It was most likely some vapors of something that you did the day your dog got so ill.

The spleen is getting rid of the dead red blood cells, I imagine, so it would have been noticeably swollen valdezlink.com/pages/spleen.htm Also, the doctor in an a very acute attack does find the hemolytic anemia. Your pet was probably making new red blood cells at an accelerated rate that at that time would have been noticeable (over time the rate will drop, but early on it would stand out.)

I do suspect that the worst exposure to 2-butoxyethanol or diethylene glycol monobutyl ether is the vapors in one's eyes ... such as Audrey's husband found out www.valdezlink.com/sg_audrey.htm As you can tell, there are other things in use that say non toxic, but one wonders. In this products case, it has an MSDS that says non toxic based on it being diluted 30 times. (But then it gives a full strength use also, with no change in warnings for a product with <6% 2-butoxyethanol.)

The reason the USA can't find the real cause of 'gulf war syndrome,' in my opinion, is www.valdezlink.com/usa_hoodwinked.htm

People don't take the warnings on home cleaning products, paints, etc seriously. What Should the Hazard warnings be on products?

Why not say instead that they will have damaged: blood, liver, kidneys, skin, eyes, central nervous system including depression and short term memory loss, and suicidal tendencies; endocrine system (high blood pressure/high blood sugar/reproductive damage) and tell them, too, it doesn't take much exposure to cause this! The more exposure the sooner you die; and the more horrible the death. Cancers very probable. Children at risk for birth defects and leukemia and tumor of the brain. Multiple existing health studies 'skewed' because the primary cause is not mentioned or known:

2-butoxyethanol poisoning

Oh yes, and you will be TIRED, TIRED, TIRED!

My focus has been on an accurate diagnosis and not having people take tests that are expensive and painful, if they're not absolutely necessary. That maybe we could Lobby Congress to eliminate this chemical from harming anyone else AND spend our efforts on finding a cure. These would likely have a weakened immune system and we are expecting a pandemic flu epidemic? I am concerned for these.

Lobby Congress
 

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