Warning to all dog owners!

[RStar]

That's very true. It said it can cause liver damage and low blood sugar, so what ever those symtoms are I suppose. But you are right, there is so little information that I wonder if it is true.

I would think being on AOL News that it wouldn't be a prank or Urban Legand, and they did give names, "Researchers Sharon Gwaltney-Brant and Eric Dunayer with staff at a poison unit of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Urbana, Illinois", and the report was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. But who goes out to read that?

But I agree with you, after further reading I can see it is poor science reporting.

[Alex]

The Journal of the American Veterinarian Medical Association is available online with the contents index available for free (to read requires subscription). It does not appear to be in the most current issue on there but frequently these stories run before the actual street date.

I have no doubt the study exists and shows roughly what the article says. I'm not criticizing the research, just the unhelpful reporting.

[RStar]

Yes, but most people wouldn't try to track down the articles to verify them.

And my point is that the unhelpfull reporting makes people wonder if the story is even true. They really do more harm than good when they do that kind of reporting, don't they.

Thanks for pointing that out, Alex!