| What did your furry friends get from grandma this | | | | 100 different products, had measurable levels of lead, |
| year? A new personalized collar? What about a ball or | | | | including more than half of all collars. Tennis balls for |
| newly knitted doggie sweater? Let's hope grandma | | | | dogs contained the greatest amount of lead; however |
| knows the most current pet product safety news on | | | | tennis balls sold for playing tennis sometimes had no |
| sites like HealthyStuff.org or Murphy might be victim of | | | | detectable levels of any toxin. But do not go out and |
| unintentional pet poisoning. | | | | replace your dog's tennis balls with tennis balls created |
| The pet product industry has had huge growth. People | | | | for playing tennis. Those have metal embedded in the |
| like purchasing new things for their faithful friends | | | | fabric, that would do a lot of damage to your pet's |
| almost as much (or maybe more than) they do their | | | | digestive tract. Go look over the the findings of the |
| children. Of course, no caring person would purposely | | | | research at HealthyStuff.org. They are written in |
| expose Max to harmful toxins. Do you know how | | | | non-technical language and are very straightforward. |
| many toxins, like lead, chlorine, arsenic or mercury your | | | | What can you do as a angry and concerned pet |
| pet has been exposed to over the past year or two? | | | | owner to make sure the pet items sold are not |
| More than likely at least one thing you have bought | | | | hazardous? Call your Congress person. Write to your |
| your pet over his lifetime harbors at least one of these | | | | state representatives. Commit to buy only items for |
| poisonous materials. | | | | your pets that are listed on the list of safe pet |
| HealthyStuff.org ran rigorous tests on over 400 pet | | | | products at HealthyStuff.org. Tell your friends about |
| products, such as collars, beds, chew toys, stuffed | | | | the website and the share the results of the research |
| toys and tennis balls. Since there are no restrictions | | | | with your Digg contacts. Email a letter to the editor of |
| about potentially hazardous materials being used in pet | | | | your local paper. Make a donation. The important thing |
| products, no one was surprised that the results | | | | is not how you help, it is that you do help. Our pets |
| revealed varying levels of highly harmful elements, | | | | cannot speak for themselves. We need to be their |
| especially lead, over every single different type of pet | | | | voices. |
| product tested. Approximately 25%, that amounts to | | | | |