Mr. Squiggles – Watch Out For Safety Quotient Of This Innocent-Looking Hamster

Mr. Squiggles is undoubtedly the happening, much-vouched toy among the kiddie brigade. Mr. Squiggles – the small programmed hamster that scampers about, riding a skating board, rolling about in a hamster orb is adorable much like the actual one – however with no pungent odour, maintenance or cleansing of the pen needed and inclination to gnaw tiny hands. And a costing of a mere eight to ten dollars per piece, it appears quite irresistible to the below twelve year old age group.

This robotic rodent might not be as safe for the kids as the consumer group from California, Good Guide have stated that a number of the Zhu Zhu Pets parts have been detected with unacceptably high levels of the metal antimony that has possible health risks. Sixty parts per million is the allowable Federal Standard limit, however Mr. Squiggles has been detected with ninety-three parts per million present in its furry mane and one hundred and three parts per million was detected in just its snout. Good Guide additionally discovered tin content in the examined Zhu Zhu Pets that could cause irrepressible harm to the immunity and nervous systems. It is believed that the ingestion in elevated amounts could cause cancer, affect reproductive capacity and lead to other health issues.

The designing of the Zhu Zhu Pets though done is the United States; their manufacturing is done in China. The toy manufacturer, Cepia LLC strongly refutes these claims and avers that the toy product has cleared scrupulous testing.

GoodGuide making these claims employed the NITON XL3t series XRF analyzer that detects the amounts of the constituents present on the exterior of the toy and computes the overall toxins present on the toy’s surface.

However, Good Guide in the eventual course of time furnished an amendment mentioning that Mr. Squiggles was safe for kids and there was a major gaffe from their end.

A statement was issued by the manufacturers of the Zhu Zhu Pets that the test outcomes indicate that Mr. Squiggles and other Zhu Zhu items are at par with the United States Gov. Safety standards and the outcomes have the certification of the top autonomous testing associations. They even mentioned that XRF has not yet been established to be a trustworthy testing technique by and large.

After all this, it could be quite difficult to ever feel the same about Mr. Squiggles ever again, with a dash of doubt always crossing the mind when one takes a look at it.

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