Press Release: An Expanding Problem With Pets--Ingestions of Polyurethane Glue Are on the Rise

309% Increase in Expanding Glue Cases Since 2002

(Urbana, IL) September 5, 2006 - Imagine this scenario: a young boxer puppy chews open a tube of polyurethane glue, accidentally left out by his owners who were using it to do repairs on their home, and swallows some of its contents. The next morning, to his owners’ surprise, the boxer refuses his breakfast, and begins vomiting. The puppy’s abdomen appears swollen and seems tender to the touch. The bewildered owners take their pet to the local animal hospital, where they discover a large mass in the puppy’s stomach, and rush him into surgery to remove it. After the successful procedure, the shocked owners are told the mass was a softball-sized lump of expanded and solidified polyurethane glue.

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