The Alarms of the Zhu Zhu Pet Disbelievers
Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
by Daniel McDowell
Cute Zhu Zhu
I can honestly say sometime I wonder why. Why does everyone have to try and ruin a good thing? Being a grandfather of five (three girls) and the father of two girls whenever I can instill some sort of fun into their lives it truly does please me.
I was able to obtain the Zhu Zhu pet hamsters Num Nums, Mr. Squiggles and Chunk along with a few of many garnishes that all the children "just have to have!"
The Zhu Zhu funhouse, adventure ball, hamster mobile and garage, all of it has bequeathed nothing but joy to my girls. (Even the youngest grandson likes them.)
Now along comes this "newly conventional Toy Protection Company" this says, I made a dreadful mistake in buying these hamsters that they are treacherous to my children. Good Golly miss molly, I am an idiot. One of my daughters whose #2 mission in life is to protest any iota of not good for the environment that she possible can decided to pack away the Zhu Zhu pets that grandpa got them because they might be harmful . If I really put my mind to it she would buy the London Bridge from me I think. I received a call today from the 10 year old who was in tears after returning home from school and said someone stole them out of her room. I was ready to rush over there with my shotgun to force the villain to hand over them when my daughter got on the phone telling me what she had heard and done with the toys.
Yes I must of botched as a father because I should of educated her as a youngster not to listen to everything in the negative! Ok, Ok I got interested and went online to search for the truth.
I read the opening report from this firm say that these cute things had "unsafe levels of antimony" in them. Say again ? Ok I looked up the word antimony and found out it was a heavy metal which can lead to cancer, lung and heart problems, and impacts on fertility. Wow serious stuff. This is why we want to listen to these safeguard companies. Now the owner of the Zhu Zhu pets company came out immediately and said whoa partner! I made-up these, I had them tested to all principles the government required me do and guess what? My Zhu Zhu pets are ok and your not!. Not the exact phrasing of course just summarizing.
Now here's the best part. Uncle Sam at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission comes out and announces that the toy does not disobey a new federal toy safety standard that covers antimony and other heavy metals. Basically supporting the toy guy.
You have seen it in movies and read it in books but manufactures guard their testing results like a father does for a his girl on her first date. They did not have to distribute these results but they did, with not only the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission but with this other company who said they were bad in the first place. Oh they took back their evaluation (after learning they only did a partial testing) and now want us to believe they mad an honest mistake. Hello the guy who runs this company has a PHD he had to learn something with all that tutoring right?
The main thing here is that the Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters and accessories are not dangerous. About the only problem left to worry about is were to get them. They seem to be out of stock everywhere.
Daniel McDowell shares a passion for common sense. Not only when it comes to toys but for renewable energy. Visit his website at http://cutezhuzhu.com and get a zhu zhu pet today!
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)I have no clue what it's about. I enjoyed the telling of your "problems', though. Good luckThanks for reading. I was just frustrated that one unfounded rumor about something so simple could affect my family. Have a good day.
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