Product
Skoon Cat Litter Skoon all natural cat litter, original
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20250107-485A5-2147334077
Ownership age
About 0 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20250107-485A5-2147334077. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Product: Skoon Cat Litter Skoon all natural cat litter, original (Skoon cat litter is a pebble shaped litter made of diatoms, the color mostly ranges from white to light grey. Skoon makes two sizes of pebble, a larger pebble and a smaller pebble. I have used both products. I have only used the unscented litter.). Incident: I have used Skoon cat litter for the past few months and every time I open a new bag and pour it, there is a lot (the most of any car litter I've ever seen or used) of dust. Especially for a litter brand that claims 99% dust free. It's a huge dust clouds that lingers and I either walk away for it to settle or push through to get my litterboxes refilled. And then every time I scoop or stir the litter or my cats dig, it kicks up dust again. Well, being made of diatoms, there are silica crystals in the litter. And diatomaceous earth is regulated and not used around animals and limited with humans and not in the home, because it is a powder. But Skoon is unregulated and used specifically for animals and in the home even though it is made of the same thing as DE. Skoon claims safety because it's a pebble and not a powder, but the vast amounts of dust says otherwise. Many people continue to use the product for the pros even though the con of the dust is a problem. Yesterday evening, I opened and poured two bags of the diatom cat litter. Clouds of dust went into the air in my bathroom and while my bathroom fan was on, it was not enough. As it is the middle of winter and the heater is on, I did not open the window this time. I proceeded to refill my litterboxes, all while breathing the dusty air. My chest felt tight after and my breathing became shallow, so I used my rescue inhailer to help. Today, I woke up with heavy/tight lungs that hurt when I breath, and a very spare throat but no swollen tonsils (which would be a si
Official report number: 20250107-485A5-2147334077. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.