Soil Enhancements? Caution Information on the packaging? Safe for animals and even kids?
A client of mine with a wonderful lab named Buck sent me an email about coco mulch and asked if the story of it causing the death of another lab was true. Snopes did state that many of the issues with coco mulch are true and that people should be careful on what you use around animals http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp .
This got me to think about why the government would allow for such a product knowing that many people have dogs, cats and wildlife around yards. Then I remembered some information I discovered about 15 years ago. During my research of my natural rodent repellent http://mousebgone.com/ I looked over many bags of fertilizer’s and other products that contained manures.
To my surprise none of the manure/soil bags had any warnings on the bags that I reviewed. This sent me to the library for deep research (yes before the internet…1995), what I found in the EPA government documents was that any byproduct that “enhances soil” does not NEED ANY TESTING or even CAUTIONS to the users. I have not reviewed to see if this has changed but from looking at packages of garden products it looks like this loop-hole is still in place.
What does this have to do with you, well just remember that many of the products in the garden area have not been tested for chemicals, e.coli , or other toxins. And for known toxins like coco they may not have to label it as toxic for your dog, your neighbor’s dog or the wildlife in your area.
If your dog or cat has gotten into any toxins please get them to the Vet ASAP and later look into using detox products to rid the body of side effects, please see http://mysticmountainretreat.com/health/waiora.htm for more information on the detox products that Cindy Hill likes to use at http://www.mysticmountainretreat.com/