Almost had to take away Mr. Squiggles from the kids. Consumer website, GoodGuide, said he had too much “antimony” in him. Antimony has been linked to heart and lung problems.
But, the Consumer Product Safety Commission came to the rescue. They confirmed today that Mr. Squiggles is not out of compliance with the antimony limits of the U.S. mandatory toy standard.
Their spokesman, Scott Wolfson said “We will still do our own independent testing at CPSC. But we’re confident today and can confirm that the toy does not violate the very protective antimony standard that applies to all toys in the United States.”
GoodGuide released a statement that said “since issuing our release, we have learned that the testing methodology used in the federal standards (a soluble method) is different than the methodology we used in our testing (a surface-based method). Accordingly, while we accurately reported the chemical levels in the toys that we measured using our testing method, we should not have compared our results to federal standards. We regret this error.“
Read the whole story here in the LA Times: Zhu Zhu Pets are safe, U.S. agency says
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