If Only We Could Get This Kind Of Disclosure

[Our House]

See how they actually quantify the amounts?

Consumer group claims Zhu Zhu Pets unsafe

The maker of Zhu Zhu Pets, one of the hottest-selling toys of the holiday season, defended its product after a consumer Web site said one of the robotic hamsters carries high amounts of a dangerous chemical. Mister Squiggles, the light-brown version of the hamsters, has unsafe levels of antimony, said Dara O'Rourke, co-founder of GoodGuide.
The chemical can cause cancer, lung and heart problems, according to GoodGuide.
"We found levels of about 93 to 106 parts per million," O'Rourke said. "The new federal standard is about 60 parts per million."

Look at the bolded parts. Gee, I wonder why the July ecig study wasn't reported like this. Instead, we get "detected" vs "not detected" and parts per billion or even parts per trillion.

 

[ECGuy]

/me grins, cause good guide wasn't being sued by Zhu Zhu and have alteriour motives for reporting half truths to placate politicians and their financial supporters??

Instead they reported only the truth, even if it hurt. They just got added to my bookmarks, great science from a consumer website? sweet....

 

[JohnnyVapor]

New news has popped up that Goodguide's testing methodology might have been flawed. They were looking at antimony levels as a total, instead of 'free' antimony that could leach from the product.

Story from here:
Relax, Toy Hamsters Not Metalloid Death Bringers After All - The Consumerist

 

[kristin]

New news has popped up that Goodguide's testing methodology might have been flawed. They were looking at antimony levels as a total, instead of 'free' antimony that could leach from the product.

Story from here:
Relax, Toy Hamsters Not Metalloid Death Bringers After All - The Consumerist

Yeah, I was going to say that, too.

And the CPSC stood behind them, saying the levels were within allowable amounts.

Would have been nice if the FDA had admitted that the nitrosamines in e-liquid was ALSO within allowable amounts, but no - they just said "has cancer-causing nitrosamines."