Monthly Archives: March 2021

pesticide collars for domestic animals

Story from USA Today, so no telling what factors are at play here, but it sounds plausible. I’ve heard about this issue many times for years.

1700 pet deaths linked to one brand of flea and tick collars. What about all the others? If 1700 can be linked, I imagine the real number is much higher.

The companies that make pet products often make human ones, too, so when I hear “safe, effective, thoroughly tested,” I’m not always sure.

It sounds like regulatory capture and conflict of interest are at play, things that are baked right into our system. It makes for muddy waters on making decisions.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/03/02/seresto-dog-cat-collars-found-harm-pets-humans-epa-records-show/4574753001/

soup

Otis Campbell’s

can’t find ’em

Some people I would love to find but the names are not that odd, so it borks the searches for many years now. I’ve run ’em around the engines and social media over and over.

I should put a number of hearts by the ones I loved the most, but I loved ’em all. ❤️

César Octavio Ventura Peña
Marco Antonio Gutierrez Orozco
John Martin
Victor Inda