Message Number: SG11324 | New FHL Archives SearchFrom: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:57:24 +0000 (GMT)
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Subject: RE: LYSOL "SPRAY"
Message-ID: <5711748.1099594644325.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Author wrote:
> This thread has really been bothering me. Most products that I know of will leave some sort of residue, even when dry. If we walk through it, no big deal. We don't normally lick our feet. However, our pets do. Just picking up a little bit of residue can be harmful, in my opinion, certainly over time. Why take the chance?
> If you MUST use these types of products, use them, let them dry and then re-wash and rinse the item.
Katherine has excellent points.
Looking up some of the common cleaning products has been a wake-up call for me. I have long known the quote that "Every home has its own little Superfund Site and it is called the cleaning cabinet". Despite that when I began looking up some specific compounds using search engines I found that quite a number of everyday cleaning products are so poisonous that they have been used for suicides and more. Some are incidious and others cause acute problems. Some can do either depending on how much is used and how often.
If in question, PLEASE, look up a product or use the ASPCA Animal Poisoning Control Center. In the meantime use precautions as katherine mentioned instead of assuming safety.
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