Green Pet Week
Believe it or not, green pet week does not refer to snakes or lizards.
It is an effort to inform people of the danger to animals caused by toxic chemicals. Pets for the Environment, along with scientists at the Environmental Working Group, recently tested a number of dogs and cats for toxic chemicals.
They found aninmals were contaminated with 48 of 70 industrial chemicals, with the contamination at levels higher than those found in people. Exposure to grease and stain-proof coatings, fire retardants and mercury was far more common and intense among the animals than in humans.
National Pet Week is May 4-10 and Pets for the Environment is hoping it will also serve as a green pet week, where people will consider how their animals suffer from environmental contamination.
- Staff Writer Bryan Dean
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
Comments
No comments yet.
Leave a comment