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Swiffer Wet-Jet

mjstraubmjstraub
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Does anyone know, can the formula used in the swiffer wet jet be harmful to babies and pets?

I got an email this morning and just wanted to get some other opinions.  If that is the case, the new swiffer I just bought to clean my house, is going back!

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  • alison1020alison1020
    No.  If it were harmful to children or pets it wouldn't be on your local shopping store's shelves and there would be a warning on the bottle, which there is not.  I love my swiffer.
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  • FirefightersBrideFirefightersBride
    The swiffer I know is good with pets. I haven't checked about babies yet...but I fig. if it's good for my dogs (who are my kids) it should be fine for baby too.
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  • Ace1599Ace1599

    Snopes determied the email chain that went around (the one about the dog that ingested it and it caused liver failure)  was false. However, I did stop using mine because on the warning label it does say something about keep away from kids/pets and toxic if ingested. I didn't want to take the chance of it getting on my dogs feet and them licking it off (they have long hair, and everything sticks to it)

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  • MrsR0908MrsR0908

    imagealison1020:
    No.  If it were harmful to children or pets it wouldn't be on your local shopping store's shelves and there would be a warning on the bottle, which there is not.  I love my swiffer.

    ditto. I use the heck out of mine..

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  • mjstraubmjstraub
    Thanks ladies, I appreciate the insight.  Just trying to be proactive!
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  • Ace1599Ace1599

    imagealison1020:
    No.  If it were harmful to children or pets it wouldn't be on your local shopping store's shelves and there would be a warning on the bottle, which there is not.  I love my swiffer.

    I know this is going to come across as snarky and I DO NOT mean it that way, but there is a warning on there about kids and pets, just an FYI. There is also a picture.

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  • brandistrionfo@gmail.combrandistrionfo@gmail.com
    yeah, it's tough to put up a baby gate until the floor is dry so your pets/kids don't walk on the floor.
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  • SMADDOX47SMADDOX47
    imageAce1599:

    Snopes determied the email chain that went around (the one about the dog that ingested it and it caused liver failure)  was false. However, I did stop using mine because on the warning label it does say something about keep away from kids/pets and toxic if ingested. I didn't want to take the chance of it getting on my dogs feet and them licking it off (they have long hair, and everything sticks to it)

    I just found out the same thing ussing GOOGLE!!!

    Google, know it, use it, love it. You can answer your own questions that way!

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  • EkstasisEkstasis
    I use my knees and hands to wash all my hardwood flooring for the whole house. ?laughs- I use to use the swifter but we have so much to cover it wasn?t getting it thoroughly enough as the old fashion way does.
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  • beth thackerbeth thacker
    I've never thought about it but I really don't think that it would be. Those things are just too amazing to be harmful!
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  • Ace1599Ace1599

    Ok, maybe I should re-state. IMO the Swiffer Wet Jet does not work for ME. Our entire house is laminate so we just use the laminate (sp?) spray and then the terrycloth covers over the plastic broomy-thing. (great explanation right?!) It dries faster, and I feel the cloth gets into groves and cracks better than the flat plastic piece.

    Granted, there is nothing that directly says that Swiffer is harmful to pets/babies, I have decided it is not a chance I want to take in MY house.  

    About the baby gate issue, no this doesn't work for us. My dogs can jump a gate, and would in a heartbeat if we penned them up in one room and we were in another. They are clingy like that.

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  • IU_babyIU_baby member

    Check it out on Snopes.com.  It's not true.

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