A congressional subcommittee is calling for the recall of the Seresto flea, a tick necklace


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The congressional subcommittee asked Elanc to voluntarily recall the Seresto flea and tick collars, after The story of the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and NOW TODAY thousands of reports of incidents of harm to pets and people associated with the use of the collar.

Seresto, developed by Bayer and now sold by Elanco, is one of the best-selling flea and tick collars in the United States. The collar works by releasing small amounts of pesticides on the animal for months. The pesticide should kill fleas, ticks and other pests, but be safe for cats and dogs.

On Thursday, the representative of Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois), chairman of the subcommittee on economic and consumer policy, sent letters to Elanc, asking the company to withdraw the product and issue a full refund to customers, and Bayer, asking the company to publish information on the toxicity of the product.

Since the necklace was sold in early 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received more than 75,000 incident reports on the harm to pets and people related to the use of the collar. Incident reports include at least 1,698 pet deaths and 907 people were injured.

Rhonda Bomwell of Somerset holds a photo as she talks about her 9-year-old Papillon Pierre, who died June 1 from side effects from wearing a popular flea and tick collar for pets, at a colonial park in Somerset, NJ, on Monday, March 1st. 2021

“We believe that the actual number of deaths and injuries is much higher because the average consumer would not be able to report pet damage to EPA, an agency that is seemingly unrelated to consumer pet products,” Krishnamoorthi wrote in the letter.

The Seresto necklaces were developed by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, but the company sold the animal health department, which includes the Seresto necklace, to Elanca for $ 7.5 billion in 2020. In 2019, Bayer reported revenue of more than $ 300 million from the sale of the necklace.


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