Yesterdays post of dogs becoming ill from eating bread dough did not worry me as I buy bread from the local supermarket, but if you bake your own bread, would be a concern which is why I posted it. However this one does concern me! I have a dog that adores his chew and training toys and will chew and play for hours on them and if he could get me too, would have me throwing and him retrieving them all day long (Border Collie, what can I say!). I also advocate daily for clients to use chew toys to provide fun and entertainment for their dogs.
We have made such unbelievable leaps forward in technology over the last 30 years, but heavens, some of them come with so many risks! Now we have to start asking manufacturers if our dogs chew toys contain the chemicals contained here below!
Dog bites BPA: Chemicals leak from plastic training toys
Dogs that chew on plastic training devices and toys may be exposed to hormone-altering chemicals, according to research at Texas Tech University. Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates – ingredients of hard plastics and vinyl – readily leach from bumper toys, which are used to train retrieving dogs. The new study is one of the first to examine dog products as a potential source of exposure for pets. No one knows, though, whether the traces of the chemicals pose any health risk to dogs. “Some of the dogs are exposed to plastic bumpers from the time they are born until the day they die. We all want our pets to be healthy,” said toxicologist Philip Smith, co-author of the as-yet unpublished study.
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We have made such unbelievable leaps forward in technology over the last 30 years, but heavens, some of them come with so many risks! Now we have to start asking manufacturers if our dogs chew toys contain the chemicals contained here below!
Dog bites BPA: Chemicals leak from plastic training toys
Dogs that chew on plastic training devices and toys may be exposed to hormone-altering chemicals, according to research at Texas Tech University. Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates – ingredients of hard plastics and vinyl – readily leach from bumper toys, which are used to train retrieving dogs. The new study is one of the first to examine dog products as a potential source of exposure for pets. No one knows, though, whether the traces of the chemicals pose any health risk to dogs. “Some of the dogs are exposed to plastic bumpers from the time they are born until the day they die. We all want our pets to be healthy,” said toxicologist Philip Smith, co-author of the as-yet unpublished study.
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