Pets Harmed by Flea and Tick Products

Pets Harmed by Flea and Tick Products

By Luella May
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(Health Secrets Newsletter) Use of flea and tick control products has resulted in an alarming increase of reports of pet injuries and deaths in the past few years. This has prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to announce that they will be taking stricter measures in the marketing of these products. Each year the EPA is receiving an increased number of reports of harm suffered by pets, with the numbers reaching into the tens of thousands. Pet owners have reported skin irritations, burns, welts, drooling, vomiting, seizures, disorientation, neurological problems, and death. Death tolls are estimated at 600, but reported deaths are likely to be a small percentage of total deaths, since many deaths go unreported.

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