Warning to all dog owners!

[Alex]

Man I hate science reporting.

No mention of absolute and relative risks (consuming a single apple seed can be fatal to humans, but if a million people ate one apple seed only three might die). No mention of the basis for saying that even a gram can cause problems (the one specific example has the dog eating more than a pound of the stuff in one go and also has cross contamination from eating chocolate already known to be harmful to dogs). No mention of what the "treatment" is that you should seek if the dog does consume the stuff. No real comment on the fact that an eight dog study offers only the slightest hint of causality (it does have the caveat that more study is needed to establish causality but otherwise assumes it as a given).


I'm not saying there isn't a health issue here, just that science reporting really sucks and rarely gives the useful information. But I do strongly support the idea that if you feed gum to your dog to make sure it isn't sugar-free.