Household products causing defects in puppies

The article I have a link to on cnn.com states that the chemicals in the Glade Plug-ins and a few other household cleaners can cause health problems in dogs. I've also heard that Frabreeze can cause health problems as well.

Has anyone else seen or heard of this?

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1046269

Here is another informative link: (thank you F, Calla & Luca for providing it)

http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/household-safety/tip...

Added note:

I have had pet birds for 20 years and I'm always very conscious of any airborne type cleaners, fragences, etc. as this potential hazards can kill them. Even overheating teflon coated pans can kill a bird and I've had a friend who lost her bird to this mistake. I remember hearing stories a few years ago when Febreeze came out on the market that it was causing health issues in dogs and cats whose owners would spray their animal beds and couches with the fabric freshener.

Here is a link to a news report on ABC about if these kinds of reports are true or not.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Pets/myth-busting-pet-dangers/story?id=11...

I, personally, still try to be more cautious regardless of what is being reported.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Crowe on October 9, 2013 at 10:00am

I don't know about this but, I do know that a friend, who owns a vehicle storage yard, lost several trained rottweiler security dogs to cancer. After the third death, he had a necropsy done at the University Of California, Irvine Vet School.

The results of the necropsy showed that the dog had extremely high levels of the chemicals contained in Round Up Weed Killer. The storage yard was gravel covered and whenever a weed would pop through the gravel, he would spray the weed with Round Up. The dogs obviously must have ingested the weeds along with the poison from the Round Up.

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Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on October 9, 2013 at 10:09am

Yes, the herbicide 2,4-D has been known to cause cancer in dogs, and there is a ton of research supporting that. The dogs do not have to ingest it to be affected.

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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on October 9, 2013 at 3:24pm

2, 4 D is not in Round Up though. It's in Weed B Gon and those broad leafed weed killers. Round Up has the advantage of dissipating fairly quickly but certainly it should not be ingested.