Fluoride Levels in Dog Food Examined
Eight of 10 national dog food brands tested by an independent laboratory commissioned by the Environmental Working Group (Washington) contain fluoride in amounts up to 2.5 times higher than the EPA’s national drinking water standard.
Furthermore, the eight dog foods contained higher levels of fluoride than those implicated in a 2006 Harvard study of bone cancer in young boys.
However, according to the EWG Web site, scientists haven’t studied the safety of high doses of fluoride for dogs.
In all eight cases, the likely sources of excess fluoride were bone meal and animal byproducts, like chicken byproduct meal, poultry byproduct meal, chicken meal, beef and bone meal.
“Bringing public health laws in line with the newest scientific research is a critical step in protecting the health of all members of American households, whether they walk on two legs or four,” said Olga Naidenko, lead researcher of the EWG-sponsored study.
Read the study at www.ewg.org/pethealth/report/fluoride-in-dog-food. [September 2009 PET AGE]
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