• cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 days ago

      Generally warnings are written after something happens, so that means at some point someone used “Carpet Shampoo” on their pet or something and sued a carpet shampoo company

  • stinky@redlemmy.com
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    3 months ago

    it’s to protect themselves from a lawsuit.

    these warnings aren’t added retroactively to protect customers, they’re added proactively to save on court settlements.

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    3 months ago

    This doesn’t even seem like the most egregious “weird warning”.
    Thinking you can use a pet urine cleaner for fibres on a shaggy dog isn’t madness, it’s just “nope, actually a skin irritant”.

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    3 months ago

    It can be funny when the legal department’s Cover-Your-Ass labelling conflicts with marketing.