With the approach of flea and tick season, and numerous consumers being in a dilemma regarding the safety of flea and tick products, a pet poison helpline has assured consumers that the usage of pet products are safe.

Three weeks earlier, in reply to an increase in bad reactions to spot-on flea and tick products, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency made an announcement stating that some smaller dogs tend to strangely experience unpleasant reactions due to over-dosing and wrong use of the product, and that it had started an inquiry into how products could be more clearly tagged to evade its mishandling.

Now, the Pet Poison Helpline has agreed that the occurrence of serious and lethal effects due to the application of flea and tick products is exceptionally low as contrasted to the number of applications that pet keepers apply every year, and that whilst severe events take place, it is most universally a consequence of mishandling.

For instance, if dog products are used for the application on cats or if the owners fail to read the instructions that are printed on the package, these occurrences take place.