swiffer wet jet

I got this email, forwarded from a friend today, and thought I would post it. I have no idea how true it is, and haven't had time to look into it, but felt if it is true it is definitely worth posting.

PASS THIS ON TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW THAT HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND PETS.
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.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!
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I'm glad to say that this is a hoax.

Here is a great debunking of this "myth",
including links to Proctor & Gamble:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/swiffer.asp

Another source:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/b ... wetjet.htm

Snopes is a great resource for checking these things out.... just go to www.snopes.com and do a search on the subject matter.

Here's the ad featuring a sheepie with a Swiffer WetJet!
http://www.oes.org/html/swiffer_wetjet.html
oh ok, thanks Ron... sorry I didn't look into it before posting :oops:
No no no, don't feel badly! It's a perfect example of something I've wanted to post about!

The same letter was distributed on the OES-L, too.

Thanks!

Here's the ad featuring a sheepie with a Swiffer!
http://www.oes.org/html/swiffer_wetjet.html
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