| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 1047.2 | Have you heard?? | TOPDOC::TRACHMAN | | Wed Jan 20 1988 16:07 | 5 |
| Well, as of the date of the show, the decision had just
been made to take it off the shelves because the tag
wasn't working. I don't have any more details - I
was hoping someone had heard the same news and maybe
expand on it. ??
|
| 1047.3 | Pet Health News Article | FIDDLE::GERRY | Go ahead, make me PURRR... | Thu Jan 21 1988 13:18 | 35 |
| Hi...
I hope that your information is more up to date than this, but I
am posting this from the Jan/Feb 1988 edition of Pet Health News:
After reviewing current safety data for Hartz Blockade flea and
tick spray, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering
further "extensive" animal safety studies on the aerosol product,
which has been incriminated in pet pesticide poisionings. According
to a recent report in DVM Mewsmagazine, a spokesperson for the EPA's
Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances said the existing studies
on Hartz Blockade did not resolve all the EPA's concerns about the
product. The federal agency is "asking for more studies--some of
them quite extensive--which we feel are necessary." Blockade is
believed to be the first animal flea product to contain both DEET
insecticide and Fenvalerale, one of the more toxic synthetic pyrethins.
Reports from Hartz claim the cases of toxic reactions from the
use of Blockade have been "blown out of proportion", and that nearly
5.5 million cans of the spray have been sold to date. In the wake
of public concern, however, Hartz has agreed to the EPA's request
of placing additional warning labels on all cans of Blockade, including
those currently on store shelves.
---all standard disclaimers hold....this was reprinted without
permission.
I certainly hope that it has been removed, anyone else got anything
more updated??
cin
|
| 1047.4 | Good News | LABC::ALLEN | Equestrian Lady | Fri Jan 22 1988 14:10 | 5 |
| I looked at my market yesterday and I'm happy to say Hartz Blockade
was not there. It had been 2 weeks earlier.
la
|
| 1047.5 | More Info on BLOCKADE | FIDDLE::GERRY | Go ahead, make me PURRR... | Tue Feb 23 1988 13:06 | 39 |
| I am still not sure if Hartz Blockade has been taken off the market.
I have a feeling that the places not selling it are doing it on
their own. I have seen Blockade at at least one grocery store within
the last month. Here is an article from the March Cats Magazine
just received yesterday, in the Cats Confidential section.
Note: This is reprinted without permission.
Suit by pet owners. As reported in dvm, the Newsmagazine of Veterinary
Medicine (January Issue), more than fifty pet owners from throughout
the country have joined together to file a class action suit against
Hartz Mountain Corporation. The suit follows reports of numerous
deaths and injuries to animals sprayed with Blockade flea and tick
spray, a Hartz Mountain product. In addition to forcing a recall
of the product, California attorney Mike Goldstein, who is representing
the pet owners, said the pet owner's lawsuit also seeks recovery
of damages. This figure is expected to be in the "millions", the
attourney has indicated. Hartz Mountain has said a product recall
would cost the company about $30 million. Although according to
dvm, Goldstein believes that in addition to hundreds of cats and
dogs who have become sick or died after being sprayed with Blockade,
there may be incidents of humans sustaining injury, too. Included
in reported incidents, dvm reports, is a small child who reportedly
went into convulsions after playing with a pet sprayed with the
product.
*******************************************************************
So, if I interprete this correctly, Hartz Mountain still hasn't
actually recalled Blockade. That is partly what Goldstein is trying
to force with the class action suit.
Does anyone know for sure what's going on with the product????
cin
|
| 1047.6 | Caution about conclusion of .-1 | REGENT::GETTYS | Bob Gettys N1BRM 223-6897 | Tue Feb 23 1988 20:51 | 14 |
| One thing to realize is that unlike a newspaper, a
magazine (with very rare exceptions) has about a 3 month (yes I
got the number right) lead time from when the articles are
finalized untill the magazine reaches your door. There can be a
small section in the magazine that has only 1 to 1 1/2 month
lead times, so don't be fooled by a seemingly timely piece.
What I've been saying in a round about way is that the
article may have been written before Hartz did the recall
(assuming that they did, of course). I would definitely not base
an opinion that they had not recalled Blockade on an article
that is probably three months old (two at probable best).
/s/ Bob
|
| 1047.7 | It's back!!!!!!!!! | REGENT::GETTYS | Bob Gettys N1BRM 235-8285 | Wed Mar 08 1989 19:27 | 20 |
| I sure hate to reopen this, BUT.......
I just encountered an ad for Hartz Blocade in the April
issue of Better Homes and Garden on page 175.
Quoting a portion of the ad;
"Used as directed, you can be assured of both your pets
comfort and total protection OR YOUR MONEY BACK." (emphasis is
theirs in the ad)
They do give a phone number to call for additional
product information of 1-800-777-0129.
The copyright date on the ad is 1989. No mention is made
of the controversy detailed in this and other notes in this
conference.
/s/ Bob
|
| 1047.8 | | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Thu Mar 09 1989 16:01 | 4 |
| I feel that your Money Back is little consolation if your pet dies
from having this product used on him.
Jo
|
| 1047.9 | | CRUISE::NDC | | Fri Mar 10 1989 07:47 | 3 |
| re: .8 - I was having the same thought. GAWD! These people
think that money solves everything!
|
| 1047.10 | Cavaet emptor!!!! | LESCOM::KALLIS | To thine own self be candid. | Wed Jul 26 1989 10:36 | 5 |
| It's definitely back: I've heard radio ads on it.
The "or your money back" is, I suppose, to .limit their liabilities.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
|
| 1047.11 | Maybe I'd use it if the Hartz people would test themselves with it first! | VAX4::BELFORTI | Five o'clock shadow, on my legs???? | Wed Jul 26 1989 10:50 | 8 |
| I have seen several ads on TV for Blockade. With "real" people
endorsing it.
They can fix this product all the want: after watching the 20/20
on it, and watching that home movie of the black cat dying in it's
owners arms, as he was telling it it had been the best cat anyone
could ever ask for, and that he loved her.... I will NEVER buy Hartz
products again. It hurts too much to think about what could happen.
|
| 1047.12 | I wouldn't use it | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | | Wed Jul 26 1989 13:42 | 9 |
| According to a letter to the editor in one of the cat magazines,
they haven't changed the formulation at all, just added a warning
sticker "not to exceed X seconds of spraying per X pound of animal."
So this way, if someone's animal dies from the stuff, they are only
liable for the "money back" and not a lawsuit cause they had a warning
label explaining the dangers.
Jo
|
| 1047.13 | | NRADM::CONGER | What's ONE more cat???? | Wed Jul 26 1989 13:59 | 25 |
|
reprinted w/out permission from Pet Health News;
The Hartz Mountain Corporation has reintroduced its
controversial flea product, Hartz Blockade, after
removing it from store shelves last year due to reports
that the product caused potentially fatal toxicity in pets.
The company says it has not reformulated Blockade but has
retested the product successfully according to EPA guidelines.
Hatrz has also issued a warning printed on tags that hang from
the cans stating that a pet should only be sprayed two seconds
per 1 pound of body weight. Last year, California attorney
Micheal Goldstien filed a class-action suit against Hartz in
federal court for more than 100 pet owners whose pets had
allegedly been affected by Blockade. The judge subsequently
denied this suit and said pet owners must file charges indiv-
idually in their home states. "It's another example of how a
multi-million dollar corporation beats up on little people who
don't have resources to defend themselves" says Goldstien."Thank
God Hartz issued the new instructions. I'm just afraid the tags
will fall of the cans. I told Hartz and the EPA that they should
print the instructions inbig bold letters on the cans themselves,
but that's not likely".
|