Don’t miss flea treatment news sign up for news via RSS now. If you have been following this issue for any amount of time, you know that the EPA issued a flea product advisory back in April 2009 related to the spot-on flea products. Reported negative reactions from topical flea products increased 50% from the [...]
Counterfeit flea treatment products are suspected to be contributing to the adverse reactions being reported by pet owners after using flea treatment products. In the first post in this series I listed the most commonly counterfeited products along with their registration numbers. But the question on most people’s minds is, Just how do you identify [...]
Recently counterfeit flea treatment products have been surfacing with alarming regularity. People are reporting that certain flea control products are not working–but what is suspected is that they have purchased counterfeit flea products instead of the real thing. Common complaints about questionable flea medications are: 1) that the product does not work and that the [...]
On August 10, 2009 an extensive series on flea treatment and adverse reactions was posted on ConsumerAffairs.com. Based on reported incidents involving flea treatment products, ConsumerAffairs.Com contacted three of the leading topical flea and tick product manufacturers to discuss the EPA’s “intensified scrutiny” of these treatments and any complaints they had received from pet owners. [...]
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This is part two of the video series with excerpts from Flea Control Secrets: How to Get Rid of Fleas & Live Flea Free.
After a May 5th meeting to discuss reported adverse effects on pets associated with flea and tick products, ongoing agency actions related to the reported incidents, and additional information needs, the EPA still has not come forward with any determinations. It is expected that the EPA will complete its analysis of risk this fall (October) [...]
The ASPCA receives more than 700 calls daily from veterinarians and pet parents, resulting in over 150,000 annual cases involving medications, insecticides, plants and foods. ASPCA epidemiologist Dr. Margaret Slater analyzed data from public calls managed by the ASPCA regarding flea and tick products. The data identified two key findings. When cats were treated inappropriately [...]
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