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Buddy_DaMutt · 10-14-2005, 09:29 PM

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Swiffer Wetjet Kills Dogs Warning
May 2004

This one claims that the cleaning solution in Swiffer Wetjets contains antifreeze and kills your pets if they walk on a cleaned floor. If you check the ingredients in the material safety datasheet at the Proctor and Gamble website, you see that it does contain 1% to 4% percent Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether. Now Propylene Glycol is one chemical used to make antifreeze, the other is Ethylene Glycol, however the concentrations in antifreeze found in your car is around 50% not 4%. According to the ASPCA, while Ethylene Glycol is known to cause liver damage in animals, Propylene Glycol in the concentrations used in the Swiffer Wetjet cleaning fluid is not a hazard for animals.

10-14-2005, 09:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Buddy_DaMutt Doxie/BCollie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA Posts: 196 Rep Power: 65	http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBUrbanMyths.shtml#swiffer Swiffer Wetjet Kills Dogs Warning May 2004 This one claims that the cleaning solution in Swiffer Wetjets contains antifreeze and kills your pets if they walk on a cleaned floor. If you check the ingredients in the material safety datasheet at the Proctor and Gamble website, you see that it does contain 1% to 4% percent Propylene Glycol n-Propyl Ether. Now Propylene Glycol is one chemical used to make antifreeze, the other is Ethylene Glycol, however the concentrations in antifreeze found in your car is around 50% not 4%. According to the ASPCA, while Ethylene Glycol is known to cause liver damage in animals, Propylene Glycol in the concentrations used in the Swiffer Wetjet cleaning fluid is not a hazard for animals.
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