致癌毒蚤水 Flea & Tick Sprays

5個月前才報導過Flea Collar有毒, 今期又話蚤水有毒  ╮(╯▽╰)╭

 

 

【東方日報】
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20121011/00196_001.html?facebook=y%3Ffacebook%3Dy

毋須註冊的「毒蚤水」隨處有售，市民為寵物殺蚤小心中招！市面上有多種寵物殺蚤水含有毒性強烈的化學物質殺蟲畏，全部毋須註冊，於市面廣泛銷售。學者指有關物質毒性強烈，更有機會致癌，對兒童傷害更大，要求衞生署及早立法規管，保障市民健康。

「好恐怖！啲咁危險嘅嘢點解可以通街賣？如果搞到細路仔有事點算？」羅小姐指近日在寵物店購入一支殺蚤水，並曾在愛犬身上使用，惟其後才在網上得知有關產品的主要成分為Tetrachlorvinphos（殺蟲畏），美國一個環保組織網站指殺蟲畏含有毒性，呼籲避免使用含有關化學物質的蚤水、蚤粉及蚤帶。羅擔心女兒與愛犬接觸時身體會吸收有害成分，「香港咁多人養寵物，呢啲蚤水幾乎間間寵物用品公司都有得賣，政府點可以唔理！」


非監管範圍 部門拒答
記者曾走訪多間寵物用品店，發現每間店舖均有發售含殺蟲畏的蚤水、蚤粉及蚤帶，店員更指蚤水殺蚤效能較佳故落力推介。不過，記者經檢視後，發現蚤水的產品包裝上並未有標示任何警告字眼。

就有關含強烈毒性的蚤水監管問題，記者分別向環境保護署及漁農自然護理署查詢，惟兩個部門均指含殺蟲畏的蚤水、蚤帶一類產品不屬其管轄範圍，拒絕回應。

衞生署發言人則未有回應含毒成分的蚤水產品有否受現有條例規管，只稱現時本港並無任何含有Tetrachlorvinphos為有效成分的藥物註冊。
 


難管唔代表唔使管
至於藥劑製品的問題，根據《藥劑業及毒藥條例》，藥劑製品必須按例向藥劑業及毒藥管理局註冊，才可在香港出售，有關公司亦需要申領相關牌照及進口證明書後才可進口藥劑製品。

按衞生署網頁顯示，一般情況下，當產品成分含藥性，或在標籤、傳單、宣傳物品上載有醫療用途，均會被列為符合藥劑製品的定義，需要註冊。

「用喺動物身上殺蚤都係醫病，算係藥劑製品，衞生署點可以唔管！」全民健康動力主席勞永樂認為，現時政府對於動物用藥品管制力度不足，又指「好難管唔代表唔使管」。勞永樂又指蚤水會殘留在動物身上，主人觸摸寵物時亦會直接接觸有毒成分，對人體構成潛在危險，「當中嘅有害物質對小朋友傷害仲大，佢哋嘅抵抗力較弱，對於毒性嘅不良反應會更加明顯。」勞要求當局須加強管制，保障市民健康。

殺蟲力愈強 毒性愈大 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20121011/00196_002.html

殺蟲畏乃一種常見的農用殺蟲劑，殺蟲力強，而其毒性亦同時可對人體造成嚴重傷害，兒童更會因抵抗力弱而首當其衝。中文大學生物化學系及環境科學課程副教授陳竟明指出，殺蟲畏毒性強烈，會影響生物神經系統，急性可引致流眼水、口水，肚瀉及抽筋，慢性則可致癌。「蚤水毒性濃度好高，噴落寵物度，啲毒性都會暴露喺空氣入面，加上香港人通常喺室內用，對人體傷害仲大。」

陳竟明建議寵物主人，倘寵物一旦受蚤患困擾，應向獸醫求醫，並找出及杜絕致病源頭，又提醒市民，如必須使用亦應穿着長袖衣服，並戴上醫療專用N95口罩和手套，避免接觸或吸入有毒成分。


Hartz One Spot for cathttp://www.hartzvictims.org/

Posted by MendyK in October 10th 2012 
One year ago my 10 year old indoor only cat broke a screen and got outside. Since he was an indoor only cat I had never treated him for fleas, so when he came back home I decided that as a precaution I should treat him. I bought Hartz one spot for cats and kittens and used one dose on him. Very soon after this he started to get very sick. He was vomiting all the time, and was jaundiced. After a year long battle with liver failure, 2 lengthy hospitalizations, and thousands of dollars in vet bills it breaks my heart to say that he had to be put to sleep last month. I didn’t even think for one minute that a product sold for cats, could actually kill my cat, until desperate for answers I started doing research and came across so many sad stories like my own. I am so angry, and sad that my sweet boy had to suffer so terribly because I failed him as his protector. I wish that I would have researched before using this horrible product on him. You simply cannot trust that products are safe just because they are being sold in stores. Through my grief and guilt I hope that putting my story out there can save more cats from the terrible fate that met my beloved kitty, Jeter.

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而香港有個獸醫 https://www.facebook.com/DrKuVet 贊成用Seresto Flea & Tick Collar for Cats & Dogs
http://www.entirelypets.com/seresto-for-cats-and-dogs.html
但見效與否, 就不得而知了!  ╮(╯3╰)╭