A first-of-its-kind study is raising concerns about a certain potentially toxic group of chemicals pets may be exposed to.
The chemicals are in dyes used in cosmetics, textiles and plastics we have in our homes.
They also found traces of the chemicals in more than 38% of urine samples taken from a separate group of pets.“There are no regulations. It's because of the fact that it's not known that, you know, the insecticides, like Amitraz, can break down in the body of pets, to produce a cancer-causing chemical. It was not known so studies like this shed light,” said Kurunthachalam Kannan, Ph.D., at NYU Langone Health.
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