The Environmental Working Group reports that our dogs and cats are exposed to many of the same toxins that we are. Their shorter life spans and rapid development mean health problems they suffer as a result appear much earlier.
Here's the full article from the Stockton, Calif., Record.
They list some ways pets might be exposed to chemicals. They include:
• Scraps eaten from the floor by a dog might swallow dust from outdoors contaminated with heavy metals or pesticides.
• A cat might take in chemicals leached from a pop-top can of food.
• Chew toys containing plastic softening chemicals.
• Foam beds coated with fire retardant chemicals.
• Herbicides used on the yard.
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