| Laboratory studies of ingredients in seven popular | | | | Laboratory testing of Imidacloprid (Advantage) on |
| flea and tick control products reveal adverse | | | | mice, dogs and rats shows this insecticide to be |
| health effects in all animals tested. The effects of | | | | neurotoxic to laboratory animals, also causing a |
| these well known and aggressively marketed | | | | breakdown of coordination, labored breathing, |
| products range from convulsions, body tremors | | | | lesions of the thyroid, reduced birth weight, and |
| and labored breathing to thyroid cancer, brain | | | | increased birth defects. |
| lesions, and liver and lung tumors. Yet TV | | | | The synthetic broad spectrum pyrethroid |
| commercials with trusty looking veterinarians pitch | | | | insecticide Permethrin (Adams Spot-on Flea & |
| only the happy side of these products. | | | | Tick Control; BioSpot Flea & Tick Control; and |
| Which flea and tick pesticide are you using on | | | | Defend EXspot Treatment) shows indications of |
| your dog and/or cat? If your favorite treatment | | | | being an endocrine disrupter and the cause of lung |
| contains the active ingredient Fipronil, Imidacloprid, | | | | cancer and liver tumors in laboratory animals. |
| Methoprene, Permethrin, Pyriproxyfen or the inert | | | | Methoprene and Pyriproxyfen (Zodiac FleaTrol |
| ingredient Butyldydroxytoluene, | | | | Spot On; and BioSpot Flea & Tick Control) are |
| Butylhydroxanisole, Carbitol, Ethanol, or | | | | known as insect growth regulators (IGR), both of |
| Polyvinlpyrrplidone, you need to know about the | | | | which restrict the growth of fleas to the juvenile |
| not-so-happy side of these products as well. | | | | stage where reproduction is not possible. |
| If you think your veterinarian or local pet store | | | | Laboratory testing reveals that Methoprene |
| would never sell you such a sinister poison, think | | | | causes enlarged livers and degeneration of the |
| again. | | | | kidneys. |
| Advantage (Bayer Corporation), Adams Spot-On | | | | Unfortunately, few people actually read EPA test |
| Flea & Tick Control (Farnam Pet Products), | | | | results. Fewer still want to hear about the many |
| BioSpot Flea & Tick Control (Farnam Pet | | | | laboratory test subjects (unwanted dogs and |
| Products), Defend EXspot Treatment | | | | cats) killed during and after the studies in order to |
| (Schering-Plough Animal Health), Frontline Top Spot | | | | determine damage to specific systems and |
| (Merial Limited), Frontline Plus (Merial Limited), and | | | | organs. But it only takes a few people with |
| Zodiac FleaTrol Spot On (Wellmark International) - | | | | straightforward thinking to bring about change. |
| all contain one or more of the aforementioned | | | | Are you ready to stop this insanity? There are |
| active or inert ingredients. | | | | effective alternatives, as you know. |
| Toxicology and morbidity findings from these | | | | Today there are totally natural flea and tick |
| pesticide products were gathered over a decade | | | | remedies - completely harmless to kids, pets and |
| of laboratory testing by the United States | | | | the environment - made from pure botanical |
| Environmental Protection Agency; Occupational | | | | essential oils. Some natural products work fairly |
| Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department | | | | well, some don't, and some work much better |
| of Labor; Extension Toxicology Network; Journal | | | | than the toxic stuff! |
| of Pesticide Reform; Pesticide Action Network | | | | The mode of action - the way these natural |
| North America and other sources, with additional | | | | remedies kill fleas and ticks - is to disrupt the |
| information supplied by Material Safety Data | | | | insect's ability to function by blocking a substance |
| Sheets. | | | | called octopamine. In nature, certain plants have |
| Most testing was performed for the benefit of | | | | developed a natural defense against bugs. These |
| new product manufacturers in order to qualify for | | | | "octopamine blockers" in plants are extracted as |
| EPA registration. Scientists overdose laboratory | | | | oils and used as active ingredients. Octopamine is |
| animals to determine how much of the product | | | | to an insect what adrenalin is to a human. When |
| will kill 50% of the test population. Information is | | | | blocked from the system, the insect quickly dies. |
| then extrapolated and assumptions made that | | | | No muss, no fuss. Nobody gets hurt but the bug. |
| may apply to domestic animals and human beings. | | | | Please begin today to stop supporting the |
| According to laboratory tests, Fipronil (Frontline | | | | heartless laboratory testing of innocent animals, |
| Top Spot and Frontline Plus) is a neurotoxin and | | | | the insidious cover-up and rush to market of big |
| suspected human cancer agent. Fipronil can cause | | | | business, and the unwitting harm we may be |
| liver toxicity, thyroid cancer, kidney damage, | | | | doing to our children, our pets, and our planet. |
| raised cholesterol, lack of coordination, labored | | | | Please check out the natural flea and tick remedy |
| breathing, miscarriages and stunted offspring. | | | | I recommend most highly, TripleSure. |