FRONT LINE - How Safe is Your Flea and Tick Killer?
Laboratory studies of ingredients in seven popular flea and tick control products reveal adverse health effects in all
animals tested. The effects of these well known and aggressively marketed products range from convulsions, body
tremors and labored breathing to thyroid cancer, brain lesions, and liver and lung tumors. Yet TV commercials with
trusty looking veterinarians pitch only the happy side of these products.
Which flea and tick pesticide are you using on your dog and/or cat? If your favorite treatment contains the active
ingredient Fipronil, Imidacloprid, Methoprene, Permethrin, Pyriproxyfen or the inert ingredient Butyldydroxytoluene,
Butylhydroxanisole, Carbitol, Ethanol, or Polyvinlpyrrplidone, you need to know about the not-so-happy side of these
products as well.
If you think your veterinarian or local pet store would never sell you such a sinister poison, think again.
Advantage (Bayer Corporation), Adams Spot-On Flea & Tick Control (Farnam Pet Products), BioSpot Flea & Tick
Control (Farnam Pet Products), Defend EXspot Treatment (Schering-Plough Animal Health), Frontline Top Spot (Merial
Limited), Frontline Plus (Merial Limited), and Zodiac FleaTrol Spot On (Wellmark International) - all contain one or
more of the aforementioned active or inert ingredients.
Toxicology and morbidity findings from these pesticide products were gathered over a decade of laboratory testing by
the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor; Extension Toxicology Network; Journal of Pesticide Reform; Pesticide Action Network North America and other
sources, with additional information supplied by Material Safety Data Sheets.
Most testing was performed for the benefit of new product manufacturers in order to qualify for EPA registration.
Scientists overdose laboratory animals to determine how much of the product will kill 50% of the test population.
Information is then extrapolated and assumptions made that may apply to domestic animals and human beings.
According to laboratory tests, Fipronil (Frontline Top Spot and Frontline Plus) is a neurotoxin and suspected human
cancer agent. Fipronil can cause liver toxicity, thyroid cancer, kidney damage, raised cholesterol, lack of coordination,
labored breathing, miscarriages and stunted offspring.
Laboratory testing of Imidacloprid (Advantage) on mice, dogs and rats shows this insecticide to be neurotoxic to
laboratory animals, also causing a breakdown of coordination, labored breathing, lesions of the thyroid, reduced birth
weight, and increased birth defects.
The synthetic broad spectrum parathyroid insecticide Permethrin (Adams Spot-on Flea & Tick Control; BioSpot Flea &
Tick Control; and Defend EXspot Treatment) shows indications of being an endocrine disrupter and the cause of lung
cancer and liver tumors in laboratory animals.
Methoprene and Pyriproxyfen (Zodiac FleaTrol Spot On; and BioSpot Flea & Tick Control) are known as insect growth
regulators (IGR), both of which restrict the growth of fleas to the juvenile stage where reproduction is not possible.
Laboratory testing reveals that Methoprene causes enlarged livers and degeneration of the kidneys.
Unfortunately, few people actually read EPA test results. Fewer still want to hear about the many laboratory test
subjects (unwanted dogs and cats) killed during and after the studies in order to determine damage to specific systems
and organs. But it only takes a few people with straightforward thinking to bring about change. Are you ready to stop
this insanity? There are effective alternatives, as you know.
Today there are totally natural flea and tick remedies - completely harmless to kids, pets and the environment - made
from pure botanical essential oils. Some natural products work fairly well, some don't, and some work much better than
the toxic stuff!
The mode of action - the way these natural remedies kill fleas and ticks - is to disrupt the insect's ability to function by
blocking a substance called octopamine. In nature, certain plants have developed a natural defense against bugs.
These "octopamine blockers" in plants are extracted as oils and used as active ingredients. Octopamine is to an insect
what adrenalin is to a human. When blocked from the system, the insect quickly dies. No muss, no fuss. Nobody gets
hurt but the bug.
Please begin today to stop supporting the heartless laboratory testing of innocent animals, the insidious cover-up and
rush to market of big business, and the unwitting harm we may be doing to our children, our pets, and our planet.
Laboratory studies of ingredients in seven popular flea and tick control products reveal adverse health effects in all
animals tested. The effects of these well known and aggressively marketed products range from convulsions, body
tremors and labored breathing to thyroid cancer, brain lesions, and liver and lung tumors. Yet TV commercials with
trusty looking veterinarians pitch only the happy side of these products.
Which flea and tick pesticide are you using on your dog and/or cat? If your favorite treatment contains the active
ingredient Fipronil, Imidacloprid, Methoprene, Permethrin, Pyriproxyfen or the inert ingredient Butyldydroxytoluene,
Butylhydroxanisole, Carbitol, Ethanol, or Polyvinlpyrrplidone, you need to know about the not-so-happy side of these
products as well.
If you think your veterinarian or local pet store would never sell you such a sinister poison, think again.
Advantage (Bayer Corporation), Adams Spot-On Flea & Tick Control (Farnam Pet Products), BioSpot Flea & Tick
Control (Farnam Pet Products), Defend EXspot Treatment (Schering-Plough Animal Health), Frontline Top Spot (Merial
Limited), Frontline Plus (Merial Limited), and Zodiac FleaTrol Spot On (Wellmark International) - all contain one or
more of the aforementioned active or inert ingredients.
Toxicology and morbidity findings from these pesticide products were gathered over a decade of laboratory testing by
the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor; Extension Toxicology Network; Journal of Pesticide Reform; Pesticide Action Network North America and other
sources, with additional information supplied by Material Safety Data Sheets.
Most testing was performed for the benefit of new product manufacturers in order to qualify for EPA registration.
Scientists overdose laboratory animals to determine how much of the product will kill 50% of the test population.
Information is then extrapolated and assumptions made that may apply to domestic animals and human beings.
According to laboratory tests, Fipronil (Frontline Top Spot and Frontline Plus) is a neurotoxin and suspected human
cancer agent. Fipronil can cause liver toxicity, thyroid cancer, kidney damage, raised cholesterol, lack of coordination,
labored breathing, miscarriages and stunted offspring.
Laboratory testing of Imidacloprid (Advantage) on mice, dogs and rats shows this insecticide to be neurotoxic to
laboratory animals, also causing a breakdown of coordination, labored breathing, lesions of the thyroid, reduced birth
weight, and increased birth defects.
The synthetic broad spectrum parathyroid insecticide Permethrin (Adams Spot-on Flea & Tick Control; BioSpot Flea &
Tick Control; and Defend EXspot Treatment) shows indications of being an endocrine disrupter and the cause of lung
cancer and liver tumors in laboratory animals.
Methoprene and Pyriproxyfen (Zodiac FleaTrol Spot On; and BioSpot Flea & Tick Control) are known as insect growth
regulators (IGR), both of which restrict the growth of fleas to the juvenile stage where reproduction is not possible.
Laboratory testing reveals that Methoprene causes enlarged livers and degeneration of the kidneys.
Unfortunately, few people actually read EPA test results. Fewer still want to hear about the many laboratory test
subjects (unwanted dogs and cats) killed during and after the studies in order to determine damage to specific systems
and organs. But it only takes a few people with straightforward thinking to bring about change. Are you ready to stop
this insanity? There are effective alternatives, as you know.
Today there are totally natural flea and tick remedies - completely harmless to kids, pets and the environment - made
from pure botanical essential oils. Some natural products work fairly well, some don't, and some work much better than
the toxic stuff!
The mode of action - the way these natural remedies kill fleas and ticks - is to disrupt the insect's ability to function by
blocking a substance called octopamine. In nature, certain plants have developed a natural defense against bugs.
These "octopamine blockers" in plants are extracted as oils and used as active ingredients. Octopamine is to an insect
what adrenalin is to a human. When blocked from the system, the insect quickly dies. No muss, no fuss. Nobody gets
hurt but the bug.
Please begin today to stop supporting the heartless laboratory testing of innocent animals, the insidious cover-up and
rush to market of big business, and the unwitting harm we may be doing to our children, our pets, and our planet.
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WEED KILLER AND OTHER PESTICIDES
It is the responsibility of the new owners to learn about the harms of Grass Weed Killers and other types of
products that are commonly used where dogs and people have traffic activity. There are no returns or other types
of warranties associated with your new puppy after the 1st year in most cases. It is a known fact that these types of
herbicides (weed killers) causes cancers of different types. According to the American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Cancers usually arises in lymph tissues such as lymph nodes (lymph glands), spleen,
and bone marrow; however, it can arise in almost any tissue in the body including the skin, the brain, spinal cord,
bones, heart, or intestines. In the cat, it is most commonly found in the intestinal tract. Lymphoma can occur in any
breed. Middle-aged to older dogs and cats are most commonly affected; however, young cats that carry the feline
leukemia virus may also develop lymphoma. In most cases, the cause of lymphoma is unknown; however, a weak
association with herbicide (weed killers) is known in the dog and the feline leukemia and immunodeficiency virus
can occasionally cause the disease in cats.
Please use common sense since it is actually free. Do not expect reimbursements of any kind since it is not the
breeders fault of a genealogy related issue. In most cases Cancers do not develop the first year. BEWARE of a
pretty lawn, it is not worth it! Some might say "well I have other dogs and they did not get cancer". Yes, that can be
true but every smoker does not get cancer neither.
ACVIM INFORMATION
It is the responsibility of the new owners to learn about the harms of Grass Weed Killers and other types of
products that are commonly used where dogs and people have traffic activity. There are no returns or other types
of warranties associated with your new puppy after the 1st year in most cases. It is a known fact that these types of
herbicides (weed killers) causes cancers of different types. According to the American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Cancers usually arises in lymph tissues such as lymph nodes (lymph glands), spleen,
and bone marrow; however, it can arise in almost any tissue in the body including the skin, the brain, spinal cord,
bones, heart, or intestines. In the cat, it is most commonly found in the intestinal tract. Lymphoma can occur in any
breed. Middle-aged to older dogs and cats are most commonly affected; however, young cats that carry the feline
leukemia virus may also develop lymphoma. In most cases, the cause of lymphoma is unknown; however, a weak
association with herbicide (weed killers) is known in the dog and the feline leukemia and immunodeficiency virus
can occasionally cause the disease in cats.
Please use common sense since it is actually free. Do not expect reimbursements of any kind since it is not the
breeders fault of a genealogy related issue. In most cases Cancers do not develop the first year. BEWARE of a
pretty lawn, it is not worth it! Some might say "well I have other dogs and they did not get cancer". Yes, that can be
true but every smoker does not get cancer neither.
ACVIM INFORMATION