Bone Meal is Bad Stuff in Dog Food! Fluoride above healthy levels is found in n 8 national brands.

Wayne Parsons — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:34:59 GMT

God bless the Environmental Working Group (EWG). EWG Worldwide Headquarters announces that the pet food testing that voters contributed to resulted in a significant report: share the report.

EWG found fluoride above healthy levels in 8 national brands of dog food marketed for both puppies and adults. The amount of fluoride in the dog food was up to 2.5 times higher than what the EPA has deemed a safe amount in drinking water.

Why is excessive fluoride a problem?
Combined fluoride exposure from both food and water can easily range into unsafe territory. Routine exposure, like eating the same food every day, can predispose dogs to a variety of health problems: weakened bones, hormonal and behavior problems, and even bone cancer.

Where is the fluoride coming from?
Some of this extra fluoride comes from the fluoridated water used to manufacture dog food. Most, however, is from the "bone meal" and various meat byproducts that are added to dog food - anything from "chicken byproduct meal" to "beef and bone meal." These are basically ground bones, cooked with steam, dried, and mashed to make a cheap dog food filler. Since bones store fluoride, any product that includes bone meal is likely to be high in fluoride, too.

Click here to read the full report.

For your Fido look for and demand pet foods that do not include bone meal.

Thank you again for your very generous support of this one-of-a-kind testing. Through your suggestions of which brands to test and your financial support, you made it happen. EWG truly couldn't have done it without you, and us dogs are the better for it.

Wags,

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Wayne Parsons

Through the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act we can give our children a safer and healthier future.

Wayne Parsons — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:10:57 GMT

“Every day, consumers rely on household products that contain thousands of chemicals. The American public expects the federal government do all it can to ensure these chemicals are safe before they reach the market.

We already have strong regulations for pesticides and pharmaceuticals—it’s common sense that we do the same for chemicals that end up in household items we use every day."

-- Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), who plans to reintroduce the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act in the near future.

"Please don't tell me a pre-polluted baby is just fine."
-- Julie Deardorf, Chicago Tribune, 2005

The Environmental Working Group needs our help. They are trying to alert the public to gross deficiencies in the old law: The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). TSCA is in drastic need of reform. Passed in 1976 and never amended, TSCA is the weakest American environmental law. Can you believe that? I can't.

Kid-Safe Chemicals Act: 10 Americans @ Yahoo! Video

The Kid-Safe Chemical Act will overhaul chemical regulatory law. Specifically, the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act:

requires that industrial chemicals be safe for infants, kids and other vulnerable groups;
requires that new chemicals be safety tested before they are sold;
requires chemical manufacturers to test and prove that the 62,000 chemicals already on the market that have never been tested are safe in order for them to remain in commerce;
requires EPA to review "priority" chemicals, those which are found in people, on an expedited schedule;
requires regular biomonitoring to determine what chemicals are in people and in what amounts;
requires regular updates of health and safety data and provides EPA with clear authority to request additional information and tests;
provides incentives for manufacturers to further reduce health hazards;
requires EPA to promote safer alternatives and alternatives to animal testing;
protects state and local rights; and
requires that this information be publicly available.

So what can you do? First you can subscribe to the EWG webiste and follow their call to arms. The public can make a difference and EWG will empower you.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Wayne Parsons

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Bone Meal is Bad Stuff in Dog Food! Fluoride above healthy levels is found in n 8 national brands.

Through the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act we can give our children a safer and healthier future.