“Once you release them in the environment, they stay out there for years and years,” says Marta Venier, a chemist in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. They also travel far and wide through the air and water. “They become ubiquitous,” she says. “It’s become a worldwide problem.”

Dogs Naturally magazine has written a fabulous article reporting how these chemicals are even in the dog food! another reason to stay away from industry food and how dogs and cats blood levels are showing extraordinary levels of the chemicals in their bloodstream which will undoubtedly be contributing to whole host of health issues.

A client’s experience is documented regarding toxicity and upholstery cleaning, how her animals were made extremely ill due to the solvents used.

The Government of Canada’s website states – “key health and ecological effects are neurodevelopment such are changes in movement and behaviour and contamination of wildlife as the chemicals are passed through the food chain.” It is up to all of us to “buy” consciously” and ask the questions when purchasing products if they are contaminated with these chemicals so we can participate in protecting our ourselves, our animals, and the planet, and all her beautiful creatures.

Please note, products labelled as green does not mean “green as the consumer translates”. Please do your homework and understand the ingredient list. Is anything on the list toxic to your blood? As most companies “marketing” does not equate to “truth”, but strictly, to sales.

Resources

https://psmag.com/environment/flame-retardants-are-everywhereand-theyre-invading-our-wi4ldlife reports
https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/flame-retardant-dangers-dog/
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/fact-sheets/chemicals-glance/polybrominated-diphenyl-ethers-public-summary.html#4