Advocates worry the EPA wants to shirk its duty to protect people and fear the FDA lacks the ability to assess the products’ environmental hazards.
Author: Johnathan Hettinger
EPA should cancel popular Seresto collar over link to pet deaths, congressional subcommittee says
Seresto collars, linked to more than 2,500 pet deaths, “may be the most dangerous flea and tick product on the market” a congressional report says.
Popular flea collar linked to almost 1,700 pet deaths. The EPA has issued no warning.
Since Seresto pet collars were introduced, the EPA has received more than 75,000 reports related to the collars, including 907 involving human harm.
Congressional subcommittee seeks voluntarily recall of Seresto flea and tick collar
The call comes after reports that Seresto caused numerous injuries and deaths. The company denied its collars are responsible for widespread harm.