Dec. 8, 2009 -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission disputes allegations that Zhu Zhu Pets, one of the hottest-selling toys this holiday season, are contaminated with unsafe levels of antimony.
GoodGuide, a new consumer group, said on Monday that its tests showed that the furry toys carried unsafe concentrations of antimony, a heavy metal.
That's just not so, says Cepia LLC, the company that makes Mr. Squiggles and other Zhu Zhu Pets. To prove it, Cepia released premarketing test results from a highly respected independent lab. Contrary to the GoodGuide tests, the report from Bureau Veritas labs shows that none of the Zhu Zhu Pets caries unsafe levels of antimony or any other contaminant.
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