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