| If you are a dog owner you're probably aware of | | | | Leukemia; and |
| the recent pet food scandal that has rocked the | | | | Skin cancer, to name but a few! The substances that |
| nation, resulted in several pet deaths, hundreds of | | | | cause these problems are found in preservatives... |
| animals falling mysteriously ill and the nationwide recall | | | | Oh But I Always Use Preservative Free Dog Food! |
| of 60 million packages of dog food products (and | | | | You may think that your dog is safe and healthy |
| counting) as well as other pet foods! | | | | because you only insist on buying preservative free |
| The Culprit | | | | dog food. Well dog manufacturers have found a legit |
| Melamine: This is the substance at the center of the | | | | way around that too! Many dog foods labeled as |
| pet food poison scandal. Pure melamine is used to | | | | preservative free in fact contain preservatives |
| make plastics and fertilizer so how the heck could it | | | | because the manufacturers exploit a loophole |
| make the transition into dog food? Well the story | | | | whereby they do not have to list any preservative |
| begins in China...kind of. | | | | that they themselves did not add. |
| Animal feed producers in China have apparently for | | | | And unfortunately many preservatives are added to |
| some time routinely supplemented their feed with | | | | pet foods at the rendering plant well before the |
| melamine to artificially boost the protein content | | | | meat is ever sent to the manufacturer. One of the |
| (which translates into more profit). Protein readings | | | | most widely used and most powerful preservatives |
| are done by assessing the nitrogen levels of the feed | | | | also happens to be one of the most toxic! It is called |
| and guess what? Melamine has a high nitrogen | | | | ethoxyquin (EQ) and you aren't going to see it listed |
| content! | | | | on your dog food label anytime soon (even though it |
| Unfortunately this sordid tale gets worse. As if adding | | | | is in that "preservative free" dry pet food you love |
| poisonous melamine to your dog's food was not bad | | | | to buy) because the manufacturer has no legal |
| enough another toxic ingredient is routinely added to | | | | obligation to list it. |
| Chinese animal feed products. This substance is | | | | Although ethoxyquin is permitted in pet food, |
| known as cyanuric acid. In the United States this | | | | workers exposed to this substance showed |
| stuff is commonly used to disinfect swimming pools! | | | | symptoms similar to those of people exposed to |
| Investigators looking into the hundreds of pet food | | | | agent orange (poisonous herbicide used by the US |
| poison related deaths now believe that the | | | | government in Vietnam War that caused cancer and |
| combination of those two ingredients in commercial | | | | other diseases). |
| dog food and other pet food synergistically elevated | | | | Your Dog Is Eating Dead Dogs And Dead Cats! |
| the toxins to the point where they became lethal to | | | | Perhaps the sickest part of this sick tale is that |
| pets. | | | | euthanized (put down) dogs and cats are recycled as |
| The Dirty Secret Close To Home | | | | chow for your pet! The city of angels (Los Angeles) |
| Although American food safety regulators are pinning | | | | is known for the devilish practice of recycling |
| the blame on pet food contaminated with Chinese | | | | approximately 200 tons of dead cats and dogs each |
| animal feed products, the alarming truth is that dog | | | | month into pet food! |
| food manufactured in the USA is also toxic to your | | | | Arrrgghh...disgusting huh? |
| pet! | | | | Still it gets worse; poisonous disinfectants and |
| Commercial dog food manufactured in the US | | | | denaturing chemicals are used to treat those recycled |
| contains no less than 6 deadly chemicals that have | | | | dead animals and "render them safe" for your dog's |
| been banned as unfit for human consumption | | | | consumption, not to mention the fact that the toxin |
| because they cause: | | | | used to kill those animals (sodium pentobarbital) can |
| Hair Loss (fur loss); | | | | withstand the heat used in the denaturing process. |
| Kidney Disease; | | | | Bottom line: If you love your dog and want to see |
| Liver dysfunction; | | | | him/her live to a ripe healthy old age, perhaps it is |
| Stomach cancer; | | | | time you considered alternative means of nutrition! |
| Blindness; | | | | |