Flea and tick medicines can stay in pet waste for months, exposing insects that keep soil healthy to harmful chemicals.

Flea meds stay active in pet feces for absurdly long periods, steadily polluting nearby areas. In a Nutshell Pet owners can ...

A new paper in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry finds that common medications used for flea and tick control in dogs ...

A new paper in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry finds that common flea and tick control medications used in dogs and cats may pose a significant environmental risk to wild insects.

Antiparasitic drugs used for pet flea treatment persist in feces and may be hazardous to dung-feeding insects.