In response to a request for comment on this story, Bayer provided a statement saying only that it no longer manufacturers or markets Seresota. Tony Rumschlag, senior director for Technical Consultants at Elanco, said in a statement. “There is no medical or scientific basis to initiate a recall of Seresto collars and we are disappointed this is causing confusion and unfounded fear for pet owners trying to protect their pets from fleas and ticks,” Dr. McGrath said the subcommittee’s request is “based on recent misleading media coverage.” 3% of more than 25 million pets that have used the collar. In an emailed statement Thursday evening, McGrath denied the collar is responsible for widespread pet harm, saying that incident reports do not necessarily mean the collar is causing the problem and that the reports represent only. In response to request for comment for this story, Elanco, through spokeswoman Keri McGrath, said it was cooperating with the investigation. In 2019, Bayer reported revenue of more than $300 million on sales of the collar. Seresto collars were developed by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, but the company sold its Animal Health division, which includes the Seresto collar, to Elanco for $7.5 billion in 2020. “We believe that the actual number of deaths and injuries is much greater, since the average consumer would not know to report pet harm to EPA, an agency seemingly unrelated to consumer pet products,” Krishnamoorthi wrote in the letter. The reports include at least 1,698 pet deaths and 907 humans harmed. Environmental Protection Agency has received more than 75,000 incident reports about pet and human harm linked to the collar. Since the collar was sold beginning in 2012, the U.S. He also sent a letter to Bayer asking the company to release information about the toxicity of the product. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., chairman of the subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent letters to Elanco asking the company to recall the product and issue full refunds to customers. The pesticide is supposed to kill fleas, ticks and other pests but be safe for cats and dogs. The collar works by releasing small amounts of pesticide onto the animal for months at a time. Seresto, developed by Bayer and now sold by Elanco, is one of the top-selling flea and tick collars in the United States. A congressional subcommittee has asked Elanco to voluntarily recall its Seresto flea and tick collars after a story March 2 by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and USA TODAY on thousands of incident reports about pet and human harm linked to the use of the collar.
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