04/09/2022
Do you have indoor/outdoor kitties?
Take a look at this, if so!
Please share. You might change someone's mind.
βΎ"According to a study conducted over a 6 year period at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals at Tufts Universityβs Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, exposure to lawn pesticides, specifically those applied by professional lawn care companies, raised the risk of canine malignant lymphoma (CML) by as much as 70%
Dogs at highest risk for acquiring CML were over 50 pounds and living in homes where pesticides and herbicides were professionally applied, as well as homes where owners used lawn care products containing insect growth regulators, aka chemical killing agents.
Another study performed at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Purdue University concluded certain garden and lawn chemicals are linked to canine bladder cancer, including common herbicides containing 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxypropionic acid (MCPP) and/or dicamba."
βΎAnother article HERE: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/dogs-early-warning-systems-toxic-chemical-exposure?fbclid=IwAR3F6ZFlDv6lFYKXQr55EQR4DuNw-8wdrZUPhezvm-6SgcTRbh4GHpiyXJs
βΎLINK TO TUFTS STUDY HERE: https://news.vet.tufts.edu/tag/pesticides/?fbclid=IwAR0NckZ-AkNpq8SysCNLU9PSOGkZEde54oOkxhGANVddL2TOaXWkJCgx2z4
βΎLINK TO PERDUE STUDY: https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html4ever/2004/040419.Glickman.scotties.html?fbclid=IwAR0o51x1pAEtoRFb2XpESevTG9caL4oVDxLSZ9qTJXGIaYzSkyVEPnq7H98