Although safer options exist for controlling fleas on our pets, many flea and tick treatments contain dangerous pesticides. Even when applied as instructed on the box, these chemicals are not safe, either for pets or humans. NRDC petitioned the EPA and sued manufacturers and retailers for selling these dangerous products without any warning labels. These products should not be on store shelves.
Posted July 7, 2011 by Miriam Rotkin-Ellman in Health and the Environment
Calling all concerned pet owners and families. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is in charge of ensuring the safety of flea control products, is asking for public input on whether to continue to allow the neurotoxic and cancer-causing pesticide...continued→
Posted January 18, 2011 by Miriam Rotkin-Ellman in Health and the Environment
For the past couple years, I’ve been working to protect the health of pets and their families by fighting to get dangerous chemicals out of pet products, like flea collars. But last week, my work suddenly became more personal –...continued→
Posted December 16, 2010 by Miriam Rotkin-Ellman in Health and the Environment
The good news for cats, dogs, and their human families today is that, thanks to a lawsuit filed by NRDC, toxic flea collars in California that contain the cancer-causing chemical propoxur will not be sold without warning labels. Propoxur Health...continued→
Posted May 25, 2010 by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
I’ve been hearing some rumors that my medical advice – and your persuasive emails – may be sinking in at PETCO and PetSmart. No, we didn’t ask them to quit smoking, or to watch their salt intake. Instead, we asked...continued→
Posted May 15, 2010 by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As reported in the Idaho Falls Post Register (subscription required): Compound 1080, a pesticide that is highly toxic to humans and animals and has no known antidote, is the poisoning agent in a rash of dog deaths in a two-block...continued→
Posted March 24, 2010 by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
Last week, the Senate held a hearing on children's environmental health, and I was invited to testify. At the same time, the Government Accountability Office released a report concluding that the EPA is not doing enough to protect children's health....continued→
Posted March 18, 2010 by Miriam Rotkin-Ellman in Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
Yesterday, EPA released the results of its assessment of chemical spot-on flea & tick treatments, following the recent sharp increase in reported pet poisonings. As I mentioned in my last post, NRDC was watching closely – as we’ve been working...continued→
Posted March 17, 2010 by Miriam Rotkin-Ellman in Health and the Environment
UPDATE: EPA has released the results of its assessment and announced it will increase restrictions on flea & tick products – urging consumers to use them with extra care. Among those changes – it will immediately start looking at labels...continued→
Posted January 13, 2010 by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
So many sad stories have come to me since I started working to eliminate toxic chemicals, which can harm people or poison pets, from common flea control products. Many people have written me about their beloved pet who died or...continued→
Posted October 21, 2009 by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the use of carbaryl, a highly toxic pesticide, in pet collars will be withdrawn! In 2005 NRDC filed a petition to cancel carbaryl. We asked that EPA cancel uses of carbaryl in pet flea collars...continued→
