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Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add-On Playsets Case
Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Add-On Playsets Case $99
This case of 4 individually packaged playsets includes (subject to change):
1x Hamster Wheel
1x Garage with Car
1x Slide with Ramp
1x Boat and Dock
All just for $99
Hamsters, playsets, accessories, etc. sold separately. For even more fun, collect them all!
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Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Blanket Assortment Set
Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Blanket Assortment Set $16
This set of 2 individually packaged accessories includes (subject to change):
1x Bed and Blanket
1x Carrier and Blanket
Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Blanket Assortment Set just $16
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Zhu Zhu Pets Set of 4 hamsters for $55: 
* Discover the Zhu Zhu Pets craze!
* All the fun of hamsters… without the mess.
* Set includes 4 individually packaged pets.
* Zhu Zhu Pets feature two play modes: nurturing mode and adventure mode.
* These rodents talk and move around!
All the fun of hamsters… without the mess! Innovative Zhu Zhu Pets are the world’s first realistic, interactive, plush, and artificially intelligent hamsters that actually talk and move around in their own playsets. Collect Zhu Zhu Pets and their accessories, and take the lovable little rodent mini-figures to a BIG level of fun! Each pet measures about 4-inches long.
This set of 4 individually packaged Zhu Zhu Pets includes (subject to change):
1x Nugget
1x Scoodles
1x Winkie
1x Jilly
Additional hamsters, playsets, accessories, etc. sold separately. For even more fun, collect them all!
Zhu Zhu Pets include two play modes: nurturing mode where the hamsters coo and purr, and adventure mode where the hamsters explore their habitat with intelligent audio and mechanical responses to various habitat stimuli. Over a dozen add-ons can be purchased to build an ever-evolving hamsterworld for your hamsters to play in and explore!
Age: 4+
Size: 4-inches long
Battery Type: 2x AAA
Batteries Included: Yes
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Consumer group raised concerns over the popular toy but the Zhu Zhu Pets safe, safety regulators say.
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 go go 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.
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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,” Good Guide 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.
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Zhu Zhu Pets Recall Concerns?
A recent report by a California safety group, Good Guide has shown higher than safe levels of both tin and antimony in the popular holiday product, Zhu Zhu pets. To this point, there is no Zhu Zhu pets or Go Go Hamsters recall, but many might wonder, as it’s not a metal mentioned often, what are the dangers of antimony and why the concern?
As noted, the company which imnports the sold-out toy from China, Cepia, has not issued a Zhu Zhu pets recall. The levels of antimony found in the products were 93 parts per million of Antimony in their fur. They also had 103 parts per million in their nose. The federal limit for Antimony is only 60 parts per million. Anyone with a young child can attest to the fact that almost everything enters the mouth at one time or another.
Antimony is a heavy metal. Technically, the term is misleading. Heavy metals are so classified and include all toxic metals irrespective of their atomic weight.
It is true that organisms require varying amounts of some types of heavy metals. Iron, cobalt, copper, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc are required by humans, but despite this, excessive amounts can be harmful. There are some heavy metals, such as mercury, plutonium, and lead, that have no known beneficial effect for organisms.
Antimony poisoning is very similar to arsenic poisoning, according to Wikipedia. In small doses, antimony causes headache, dizziness, and depression. Larger doses cause violent and frequent vomiting, and could lead to death in a few days.
However, according to ATSDR.gov, which is the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, things may not be so grim.
Ingesting large doses of antimony can cause vomiting. We don’t know what other effects may be caused by ingesting it. Long-term animal studies have reported liver damage and blood changes when animals ingested antimony. Antimony can irritate the skin if it is left on it.
Antimony can have beneficial effects when used for medical reasons. It has been used as a medicine to treat people infected with parasites.
Of course, there is no Zhu Zhu pets recall, and the company stands behind its toys. Perhaps the risk is all overblown. It is up to parents, given that, to determine how cautious they want to be.
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