[CyberTOPS] [Bulk] Swiffer Wet Jet

[Karan MacDonald]

This is a hoax.  This has been passed around so many times over the years
that I have lost count.  Please see the following link:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/swiffer.asp 

-----Original Message-----
From: Phyllis Courtney [mailto:rcourtney000 at centurytel.net] 
Sent: November 24, 2008 8:41 PM
To: Bob & Phyllis Courtney
Subject: [Bulk] Swiffer Wet Jet


i am not smart enough to see if things are true or not but this is important

enough to send out and not take a chance!!!
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> B  SWIFFER WET JET
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> B  Recently someone had to have their 5-year old German
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> B  Shepherd dog put down due to liver failure. The dog was
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> B  completely healthy until a few weeks ago, so they had a
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> B  necropsy done to see what the cause was.
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> B  The liver levels were unbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison 
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> B  some kind. The dog is kept inside, and when he's
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> B  outside, someone's with him, so the idea of him getting
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> B  into something unknown was hard to believe.
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> B  My neighbor started going through all the items in the
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> B  house. When he got to the Swiffer Wetjet,he noticed, in
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> B  very tiny print, a warning which stated 'may be harmful
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> B  to small children and animals.' He called the company to
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> B  ask what the contents of the cleaning agent are and was
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> B  astounded to
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> B  find out that antifreeze is one of the
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> B  ingredients (actually, he was told it's a
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> B  compound which is one molecule away from antifreeze).
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> B  Therefore , just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned
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> B  with the solution, then licking its own paws, it ingested
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> B  enough of the solution to destroy its liver.
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> B  Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers' two
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> B  cats also died of liver failure. They both used the Swiffer
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> B  Wetjet for quick cleanups on their floors. Necropsies weren't
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> B  done on the cats, so they couldn't file a lawsuit,
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> B  but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as possible
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> B  so they don't lose their animals.
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> B  This is equally harmful to babies and small children that play on the 
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> B  a lot and put their fingers in their mouths a lot.
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> PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE BABIES, SMALL CHILDREN OR
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> PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON! YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN OR PETS BUT SOME OF
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> HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY WITH PETS AND ALSO FAMILIES WITH
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> GRANDCHILDREN AND GREATGRANDCHILDREN
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