{"id":1638,"date":"2009-04-28T07:05:24","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T11:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2009-04-28T09:08:45","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T13:08:45","slug":"lawsuit-seeks-to-protect-consumers-from-toxic-pet-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2009\/04\/lawsuit-seeks-to-protect-consumers-from-toxic-pet-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Consumers from Toxic Pet Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, April 28, 2009) On April 23, 2009, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit, <em>NRDC v. Albertsons, Inc. et al<\/em>, in California against major pet product retailers and manufacturers for illegally selling pet products containing a known cancer-causing chemical called propoxur without proper warning labels. In new scientific analysis also released the same day, NRDC found high levels of propoxur and tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP), another carcinogenic neurotoxin common in household pet products, on pet fur after use of ordinary flea collars. NRDC is also petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling for the removal of these chemicals from pet products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because a product is sold in stores does not mean it is safe,\u201d said Gina Solomon, MD, NRDC senior scientist and physician. \u201cUnder California law, consumers have a right to know if a flea control product exposes them to health risks before they buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NRDC filed its lawsuit in California Superior Court in Alameda County against 16 retailers and manufacturers including Petsmart, PetCo, and Petstore.com, for failing to comply with California\u2019s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, known as Proposition 65, which prohibits businesses from knowingly exposing consumers without proper warning to any chemical \u201cknown to the state to cause cancer or reproductive harm.\u201d These companies have failed to caution consumers about exposure to propoxur from the use of their products, which should have been labeled with a warning as of August 11, 2007. Proposition 65 provides for penalties of up to $2,500 for every violation.<\/p>\n<p>NRDC\u2019s new report, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/health\/poisonsonpets\/\">Poison on Pets II<\/a><\/em>, found flea collars containing TCVP and propoxur pose serious neurological and cancer risks. These chemical-laden flea collars expose humans to highly hazardous chemicals that can damage the brain and nervous system and cause cancer. Children are particularly at risk from these pesticides because their neurological and metabolic systems are still developing. They are also more likely than adults to put their hands in their mouths after petting an animal, leading to the ingestion of hazardous residues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/health\/poisonsonpets\/\"><em>Poison on Pets II<\/em><\/a> tested the fur of dogs and cats wearing flea collars to measure the invisible pesticide residues left on the pets from these collars. This analysis, which was the first study of propoxur residues on pet\u2019s fur, found that propoxur levels are so high in some products that they pose a cancer risk in children that is up to 1,000 times higher than the EPA\u2019s acceptable levels, and up to 500 times higher for adults. The study also showed that after three days, 100 percent of the pets wearing collars containing propoxur and 50 percent of the pets wearing collars with TCVP posed a significant neurological risk to toddlers. Testing also revealed that unsafe levels of pesticide residue remain on a dog\u2019s or cat\u2019s fur two weeks after a collar is put on an animal. Families with multiple pets that wear flea collars have even greater exposure risks.<\/p>\n<p>EPA has never compiled data on pesticide levels found on a pet\u2019s fur after use of flea collars. NRDC\u2019s testing and careful calculations reveal that the EPA\u2019s decision to leave these products on the market may create a significant health risk to pet owners, most notably young children.<\/p>\n<p>The availability of many effective and safer alternatives for flea and tick control makes the continued use of these pesticides an unnecessary risk. NRDC\u2019s 2000 report \u201cPoison on Pets\u201d led to the ban of six other pesticides in pet products, but products containing TCVP and propoxur are still on store shelves. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EPA\u2019s evaluation of these chemicals was dangerously flawed and underestimates the risks to children,\u201d said Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, NRDC scientist. \u201cThere is no reason to use carcinogens and neurotoxins to fight fleas and ticks when there are other safer and effective treatments available. The EPA should not allow these toxic chemicals in pet products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Safe flea and tick control include the frequent use of a flea comb, regular bathing of pets, as well as vacuuming and washing of their bedding regularly. <\/p>\n<p>Read Beyond Pesticides factsheet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/alternatives\/factsheets\/pesticides%20and%20pets.pdf\">Pesticides and Pets<\/a>: What you should know to keep your pets safe. See NRDC\u2019s flea and tick product guide for pet owners that ranks more than 125 products, categorizing products by the level of their potential health threat, at NRDC\u2019s consumer-oriented Green Paws website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpaws.org\/\">www.greenpaws.org<\/a>.  <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, April 28, 2009) On April 23, 2009, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit, NRDC v. 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NRDC is also petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling for the removal of these chemicals from pet products. \u201cJust because a product is sold in stores does not mean it is safe,\u201d said Gina Solomon, MD, NRDC senior scientist and physician. \u201cUnder California law, consumers have a right to know if a flea control product exposes them to health risks before they buy it.\u201d NRDC filed its lawsuit in California Superior Court in Alameda County against 16 retailers and manufacturers including Petsmart, PetCo, and Petstore.com, for failing to comply with California\u2019s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, known as Proposition 65, which prohibits businesses from knowingly exposing consumers without proper warning to any chemical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,20,21,25,56,136,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternativesorganics","category-california","category-chemicals","category-corporations","category-pets","category-propoxur","category-statelocal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Consumers from Toxic Pet Products - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2009\/04\/lawsuit-seeks-to-protect-consumers-from-toxic-pet-products\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Consumers from Toxic Pet Products - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, April 28, 2009) On April 23, 2009, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit, NRDC v. 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The founders, who established Beyond Pesticides (originally as National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) as a nonprofit membership organization in 1981, felt that without the existence of such an organized, national network, local, state and national pesticide policy would become, under chemical industry pressure, increasingly unresponsive to public health and environmental concerns. Beyond Pesticides believes that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly. We believe decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision-makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. Learn more about our work, read A Year in Review\u20142021, our accomplishments are your victories! Beyond Pesticides seeks to protect healthy air, water, land, and food for ourselves and future generations. By forging ties with governments, nonprofits, and people who rely on these natural resources, we reduce the need for unnecessary pesticide use and protect public health and the environment. Beyond Pesticides provides hands-on services to the public and supports local action by: identifying and interpreting hazards; and, designing safe pest management programs. With the information provided by Beyond Pesticides, people may not only be able to make informed choices and adopt practices that protect themselves and their families from unnecessary exposure to pesticides, but they will be able to effect changes on community-wide pest management decisions and policies that govern pesticide use, such as pesticide uses in parks, schools, for community insect control and along roadsides. 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