 Warning
I just got this email from my mother in law so I had to jump on real quick and post it.
JUST AN
> > 'FYI'
> > THIS IS TRUE
> > & VERIFIED ON SNOPES.COM
> >
> > Recently
> > someone 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 was
> > 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 its own paws, it
> > ingested enough of the
> > solution to destroy
> > its liver.
> > Soon after his dog's death,
> > his housekeeper's 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 alot and
> > put their fingers in
> > their mouths alot.
> > PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT
> > HAVE BABIES, SMALL CHILDREN
> > OR OWN A PET; PLEASE
> > FORWARD THIS ON! YOU
> > MAY NOT HAVE ANY
> > CHILDREN OR PETS BUT SOME
> > OF YOU HAVE
> > FRIENDS OR FAMILY
> > WITH PETS AND ALSO
> > FAMILIES WITH GRANDCHILDREN
> > AND
> > GREAT
> > GRANDCHILDREN.
BTW for those of you who ask I am going to post pics of my babies as soon as I get my digi cam back from my sis-in-law who borrowed it. |