> 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 antifreeze is
> one of the ingredients. Actually he was told it's a compound which is
> one molecule away from antifreeze. Therefore, just by the dog walking on
> the floor cleaned with the solution, then licking its own paws, 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 others as possible so
> that they don't lose their animals. This is equally harmful to babies
> and small children that play on the floor a lot and put their, fingers
> in their mouths a lot