Please read the full article here: http://www.publicintegrity.org/blog/entry/1400/ Earlier this month, the Center received a five-page “open letter” from Hartz Mountain Corporation alleging that our 12/16/08 story, Pets and Pesticides: Let’s Be Careful Out There, contained inaccurate and misleading information about spot on flea and tick treatments for pets. Marta Draper, vice president of research and [...]

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We inherited fleas when some critters (raccoons, feral cats) set up residence under the house when a plumber failed to close a crawl space door.  I evicted the critters with bowls of ammonia and mothballs (they hated the scent and made a fast beeline for the door), but I was left with the fleas, who [...]

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I had no idea about 11/2 years ago that I was unintentually poisoning my little Chihuahua, Boo.  We had gone to the pet store and purchased the Hartz 3-pack of drops to use because it was cheaper than the other flea and tick medications.  Soon after the first application, she had a seizure.  I did [...]

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A few weeks ago my cat went outside to enjoy the sun while I was leaning my apartment and everything was fine. A few days later I noticed that she had some flea’s so with my not having a lot of money I went to wal-mart and picked up some hartz pro plus for cats [...]

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After I applied Hartz flea & tick drops onto my very healthy cat, she immediately started licking herself,looked miserable, and then went outside.  I didn’t see her until the next night, when I almost tripped over her in my closet. She was curled up in a ball, listless, feeling warm and breathing heavily. I shampooed her to get [...]

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Sherbie was given Hartz Flea and Tick medicine on his back according to directions on the package at 7:00am on Tuesday May 26, 2009.  He was found 2 hours later, he was not able to walk very good and he was shaking.  My husband took him to our Vet when he noticed he was not getting [...]

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My niece asked to see Cujo as she hadn’t seen her in a while, when I took her downstairs I found Cujo sitting under a chair breathing heavy as if she couldn’t breathe. Her eyes were half closed and she just looked like something wasn’t right with her. She then walked upstairs and walked fairly [...]

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On Sunday, May 24, 2009 I gave my two Lhasa-Shiz-Tzu’s a Sergeant’s Gold Flea & Tick treatment.  Since I had not used this item in the past, I decided to only give them a half-dose so I split one tube between the two of them.  Within an hour, they both started to scratch at their [...]

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I applied Sentry Pro FXC to my beautiful Weimaraner.  Within 2 hours he became extremely hyper and visibly in pain.  After touching him and then my face I felt a horrible burning sensation. I tried shampooing the product off him and called the Emergency Veterinary clinic as it was on the holiday week-end.  They instructed [...]

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On May 13, 2009 I applied the flea drops to the neck of my one year old cat, Belle.  It was not long after that I noticed an odd noise in the kitchen.  When I went to check, I found Belle in the midst of a seizure.  What I heard was him thumping around in [...]

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This is a story that I’m re-publishing, which was featured on WSJ.com today: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124329165300152331.html Not long after Jennifer Croezen applied flea and tick drops to the back of her Chihuahau, Saki, earlier this month, the dog’s back began to turn red. The next day, Saki seemed tired and lost her appetite. Ms. Croezen, a 26-year-old [...]

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My girlfriend decided to put his 2 month treatment on my dog Kota, A Shiba Inu. We have put the medication on him before and he never had a reaction. Boy was this some harsh stuff… About 12 hours after applying the medication he started to act like it was burning him. Panting Heavily, Scratching [...]

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hi i used this product on my 1 year old cat and now he has a skin condition called Seborrhea i was wondering if any one else has had this problem. Seborrhea can be dry or oily skin or coat and he has been like this for over 2 months now The full name of [...]

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On May 23, 2009 I applied the Sergeants Silver Flea and Tick to my 3 year old male…. He almost immediately started SCREAMing in pain. He began foaming at the mouth and vomitting. He ran around trying to scratch himself.. It was scary, I called the emergency vet and he said to wash him with dish [...]

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Add my little shih tzu to the list! I used Sergeant’s Silver on my male shih tzu last night around 7 pm and by 9 pm it was obvious something was bad wrong. He started out just violently scratching so I bathed him a few times trying to get the crap off of him, then [...]

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This is to recount our miserable experience our dog and we suffered after using the above product. We purchased this medicine on Saturday, May 9, 2009 based upon the assumption that since Sergeant is an established company its product would be safe. Our dog is small 13.5 lb Shi-Tzu, 14 years old and I applied [...]

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It is now 3:44 am and my pug and english bulldog are still restless, irritable and twitching.  I, like many, decided to try a product that is less expensive than frontline for flea and tick prevention.  This was a big mistake.  I feel terrible.  The symptoms are the same as most in the stories already [...]

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Last weekend we thought it was a good idea to purchase Hartz Heartguard Flea and Tick drops for my 13 year old Pom-a-poo. (12lb dog) Two days after we applied this, he stopped eating all together and became very lethargic. He also started chasing his shadow and pouncing on the floor for no reason. By [...]

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i am new at this so this may not be a good post but i dont care its somthing that needs to be put out there and takin off the shelfs! <sentry pro xfc> first off i would like to say never use it, i just read alot of postings on it, it is nuthing [...]

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A few years ago I bought some Hartz Ear Cleaner for my dog.  Within a week one of his ears was bothering him.  I took him to the vet and to my surprise, he had infections in BOTH EARS!  They were so bad they had to use a camera to look inside them!  I will NEVER use Hartz Products again.  [...]

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After reading many of the posts here, regarding various Hartz products, I recall noticing my one cat twitching his back several times over the course of 2 or 3 days, following his last treatment of Hartz UltraGuard Pro/Plus.  The other two cats seemed fine… though none of them was happy about the treatment!  Anyhoo, I’ve done [...]

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My mom, the idiot that she is, put Zodiac on our 9 yr old Balinese without doing any research on the POS product and my dear sweet Boo Boo died 2 days later. He went from being completely healthy to being extremely weak and didn’t eat for 2 days. He died in my arms. I [...]

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I put this ultraguard on my cat on saturday within minutes my cat wasn’t walking right, later he wouldn’t eat or drink as normal usually when he drinks he drinks . Today he walk up to the bowl looks in try to drink but couldn’t hes lost weight he s not cleaning himself  he normally [...]

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I used Hartz Ultra Guard Pro on my cat about 2 weeks ago. She began drooling and foaming at the mouth after the licked the area. I quickly rinsed the area off and rinsed her mouth out as well. After this she seemed fine and I didn’t notice any other problems. Today (two weeks later), I found [...]

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Today I used a Hartz flea and tick shampoo with oatmeal on the dog I recently adopted from a family off of craigslist. The previous owner gave me this shampoo. I was completely unaware to the negative side effects of it. Not long after his bath he started convulsing, salivating, was unable to walk, and [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Jenny Powers, 212-727-4566 If you are not a member of the press, please write to us at [email protected] or see our contact page Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Consumers from Toxic Pet Products New NRDC Analysis Reveals Flea Collars Create Toxic Chemical Residues on Pet Fur that Threaten Human Health SAN [...]

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Last week, I found some ticks on my boyfriend’s English Springer Spaniel.  Worrying about my own Papillon, I decided to go out and buy some tick preventative for my little boy.  Unfortunately for myself and my dog, I bought Hartz UltraGuard flea and tick drops.  The next morning at about 6:00am, my dog had no [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, my fiancé’ (Chris) purchased some Sentry Pro XFC from a well known pet store and used it (he usually uses Frontline) on his 92 lb. boxer, Rowdy, and shortly thereafter, Rowdy began to run around frantically, scooting his rear on the ground and biting at his tail and hind quarters.  He was in [...]

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Last Christmas, we needed to save money so we risked using an over the counter, Hartz flea product on our cat Max. Max is a striking Ocicat, who was a stray that adopted us when we met him.  We love him sooo much but our faith in a trusted Pet Industry giant almost cost Max his life and character when we used the Hartz UltraGuard flea treatment. Max had been [...]

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