Hi everyone, I was just going through the the pet section in my local Craigslist section and I came across this post. It is a warning for pet owners who use swiffer wet jet. I use it all the time and now I am very scared that my Bia who constantly walks on my kitchen floor might slowly be getting sick and could possibly DIE from walking on it. Has anyone heard of this?
Swiffer Wetjet Health Risks for Pets? (santa cruz)
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Date: 2005-09-19, 9:12PM PDT
This is something I saw on the web, might be true, might not----please comment if you know anything about it.
"This was sent to me this morning and I thought I would pass it on to all of you. It is something I had never thought about either.
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 mo lecule away from antifreeze). Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor ceaned 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. The y 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. PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT OWN A PET PLEASE FOWARD THIS ON!"