The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition to EPA requesting the agency cancel the approval of the Seresto (flea and tick) collar. The non-profit’s petition was pages long and contained detailed examples of pet deaths/illnesses and human illnesses associated with the flea and tick collar.
From Regulations.gov: “The petition argues that Seresto must be cancelled because it poses an unreasonable risk to human health, pets, and the environment. The petition states that, ‘according to a recent aggregate incident summary report, since this product was introduced in 2012, EPA has received over 75,000 adverse incident reports, including at least 1,698 reports linking the use of this product to pet deaths and at least 700 involving human harm.’ CBD asserts that the incidents pose unreasonable adverse effects under FIFRA, and that ‘cancellation of this product is not only warranted but essential for protecting public health, consumers, imperiled wildlife, and companion animals.'”
Thanks to the work of Center for Biological Diversity, pet owners now have the opportunity to provide EPA with their opinions on the safety of the Seresto collar. Comments will be accepted until September 10, 2021.
Pet owners can read the full petition Here.
Pet owners can read the official request for comments Here.
And pet owners can read previously posted comments Here.
To provide your comment, visit the official request for comments page on Regulations.gov and click on the blue box “Comment” in the upper left of the page (or Here).
My thanks to Dr. Laurie Coger for alerting us to this comment opportunity. And thanks to Center for Biological Diversity for opening up the issue for comment with EPA.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
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Colette
August 11, 2021 at 8:56 am
I had a golden retriever that we used the Seresto flea collar on and she had seizures and died.
Robert Miller
August 11, 2021 at 10:12 pm
Over the years I’ve only seen one dog that had seizures with a new “seresto” collar. It was a seresto knock off brand bought at a farm store. The collar smelled very strongly of chemicals. Since then I’ve advised people to open the package one week before putting on the dog. Dr. Bob
A Lover of Fur Children
August 12, 2021 at 10:41 am
We used to use Seresto collars until my parents read an article and how they were killing people and pets. Took them off as soon as possible. Before our pets didn’t have much of an appetite and our dog was getting nosebleeds. Thank goodness they didn’t die like in the stories about people who kept them on longer 🙁
Yes
August 12, 2021 at 1:26 pm
We have used seresto since they first came out in three of our dogs. We did not buy any this year due to all the news about them
But we never had an issue