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Date: 06/22/09

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Did you know that Flea and tick treatments may contain toxic chemicals that can poison your pets and harm people? Even when applied as instructed on the box, these chemicals are not safe, either for pets or humans. Based on the findings of NRDC's new report, the EPA should ban the pesticides tetrachlorvinphos and propoxur from pet products and closely scrutinize the safety of the other products on the market. - http://www.greenpaws.org/products.php .. To help you make safer choices, NRDC http://www.nrdc.org/action/default.asp ,, checked the listed ingredients of more than a hundred flea and tick products to report which chemicals they contain and the chemicals' toxicity: whether they are linked to cancer, allergies and asthma in humans or are suspected endocrine disruptors. Each product is categorized by its potential risk. Products that don't contain the most harmful chemicals are marked with a yellow paw. Pregnant women and young children are particularly at risk and should try to avoid any products from the red or orange categories. See the List here: http://www.greenpaws.org/products.php .. New products are introduced regularly and many companies make multiple products with different chemicals. Pet owners should take care to examine the active ingredients in all flea control products they buy. Download and print the pocket guide: http://www.greenpaws.org/_docs/GP_pocketguide.pdf ,, to identify chemical ingredients in flea and tick treatments and take it with you to the store or the vet. Learn how to protect your pet without hazardous chemicals: http://www.greenpaws.org/better.php .. When chemical control is necessary, choose a safer treatment and avoid the most toxic chemicals. Pet owners may want to avoid spot treatments which tend to be very concentrated and, according to new studies, may pose a hazard to pets, particularly those with pyrethroid pesticides such as phenothrin and cyphenothrin. Please visit the above pages when you can, of course by highlighting the non-linked URL Address; right click copy and pasting it into a separate browser window (or browser tab).. Thank you for caring about the animals, the world needs more of you… Muawww…