artremi napisała:
> Swoja droga, to jak mozna "wyprodukowac" zywe chomiki za 99
centow?
pewnie jest z nimi jak z bialymi myszkami: kupujesz dwie a za
tydzien masz juz ich dwadziescia :O
Czy moze sk
> lep uzywa to jako przyneta i ma nadzieje ze pojdziesz po chomika a
wyjzdziesz z
> pieskiem za $500?
ja mysle ze o inna przynete chodzi, karmi sie chyba nimi weze
a Zhu Zhu juz nie szkodza ;)
WASHINGTON - Zhu Zhu Pets — one of the holiday season’s hottest toy
crazes — do not violate safety standards, federal toy regulators
said Monday after a consumer group raised concerns over the presence
of a heavy metal on one model.
The toy “is not out of compliance” with a U.S. toy safety law that
went into effect this year, a spokesman for the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission told The Associated Press. The agency did
not test the toy.
The California-based consumer group GoodGuide raised concerns
starting Saturday over the presence of a potentially harmful heavy
metal in a Mr. Squiggles model of the robotic hamsters. The group
said its testing found antimony — a heavy metal that can cause
vomiting if eaten, and heart and lung problems if breathed — on the
furry toy’s hair and nose in levels that exceeded new federal
limits.
But those claims fell apart Monday, when GoodGuide said the way it
got its test results — using a special gun that shoots X-rays into a
toy and gives a reading for how much lead, antimony or other
substances are in the material — is not recognized by the CPSC for
judging whether a toy is hazardous.
Instead, the CPSC tests how much of a heavy metal would actually
seep out if a child sucked or swallowed a toy — not just how much of
a potentially dangerous substance a toy contains.
“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,” GoodGuide said in a written
release. “We regret this error.”
Later in the day, the CPSC told AP that it has concluded the toy,
which retails for about $10, does not pose a threat based on
independent testing presented by the toy’s manufacturer, St. Louis-
based Cepia LLC.
“CPSC confirmed today that the popular Zhu Zhu toy is not out of
compliance with the antimony or other heavy metal limits of the new
U.S. mandatory toy standard,” agency spokesman Scott Wolfson said.
The toy’s maker had vehemently defended Zhu Zhu Pets’ safety from
the start.
The bad publicity did not hurt sales of the toy, Cepia said. On
Saturday and Sunday, the company logged its biggest weekend of the
year to date, according to Bruce Katz, senior vice president for
sales. He said hundreds of thousands of the toy were sold, but would
not specify beyond that.
Katz would not say whether Cepia would sue GoodGuide. The consumer
group not respond to requests for comment.
“Now that Mr. Squiggles has been exonerated,” the company just wants
to assure customers that its products are safe, he said.
Instead of testing the toy, the CPSC observed that the toy didn’t
have any painted surfaces and thus was not subject to the new heavy
metal testing standards, according to Gib Mullan, the agency’s
director of compliance and field operations.
The review was notably swift for the agency, which can take weeks or
even months to investigate toys cited as problematic by consumer
groups and others in holiday-season studies.
Wolfson said it was important to get out word immediately that the
toy did not violate federal standards. He said the agency will do
its own tests.
The stricter testing standards went into effect this year following
a string of recalls of Chinese-made toys that had dangerous levels
of lead. Antimony, which is used in a range of products including
certain batteries and sheet metal, is one of several heavy metals
that are now regulated under U.S. toy law.
Though the CPSC has delayed a requirement that toy makers or
importers prove with a lab test that their products pass the new
standards, companies are still required to abide by the law.
Many, like Cepia, have been doing testing even though they don’t
have to show the government the results — it was that testing that
led the CPSC to conclude that the toys are safe.
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