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 this was sent to me and i thought it to be worth sharing.it is always better to be safe than sorry !


I recently had a neighbor who had their 5-year old German shepherd 
dog put
 down due to liver failure. The dog was completely healthy until a few 
weeks ago.
 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 its 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.EVEN IF YOU DO NOT OWN A PET PLEASE FORWARD 
THIS ON!



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Swiffer has changed their product since this has started coming out. If you e-mail the company, they will tell you that they have changed their product and it is now safe for animals.
(I personally prefer the clorox ready mop) lol

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I heard this a long time ago and asked on a Dane forum about it. They said that it was safe to use because otherwise their dogs would have kicked the bucket a long time ago.

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Before I send things like this on, I check with Snopes.com...
Snopes says this is not true.
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/swiffer.asp

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i dont know. it was sent in an email this morning. i cant use many chemicals anyway with me and kayla's allergies being so bad. i just use a little pinesol on my kitchen and bathroom flooors. everything else is carpeted.

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Snopes says it has been circulating for awhile...
" [Collected via e-mail, 2004] "

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I've been using it since it came on the market & neither my cats nor the dogs have had any problem.  I use it quite regularly in the laundry room where the cat lives because she forgets what the litterbox is for!

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