The testing completed by the Good Guide was xrf - or x-ray fluorescence using a Niton XRF analyzer. The XRF analyzer only tests for total antimony. The US standard is for soluble antimony - soluble antimony in paints and surface coatings, and must be completed by a digestve laboratory method. So the Good Guide's report is comparing apples to oranges.

This is nothing more than a publicity grab by good guides since what they're testing it irrelevant, not to mention not in the safety spec for US toys.

what's new on products coming from CHINA!

I think I will be returning the collection I purchased for my children! I would rather be safe than sorry!

I would like to know if all the hamsters are unsafe, or if it is only Mr. Squiggles. If it is only Mr. Squiggles, why is only one out of what, eight? Unsafe.

That's the only one I've seen a report on. It could be that it's the only one the group tested.

I just don't know what to do. I purchased my five year old daughter the white hamster,( not sure the name). I went through alot of time and stress to find it. When I finally did, I was so excited to get it for her. It was the main thing she asked for this year.
Now, I'm don't want to return it only to find out that it is perfectly safe. On the other hand, I would hate to give it to her only to take it away again if it is recalled. Who wants to take their childs gifts away?

GoodGuide is actually attempting to profit from the very same toys it claims are dangerous to children. http://www.theupperdeck.com/?p=401

ZHU ZHU PETS ARE SAFE.....DON'T LISTEN TO EVERYTHING YOU HEAR OR SEE IN THE MEDIA! http://blog.goodguide.com/2009/12/7/goodguide-clarifies-our-toy-testing-methodology........... I Hope that they sue GOODGUIDE.COM for every penny & shut them down.... They wanted to get there name out there... Think about it how could you get your website tons of HITS... go after the #1 toy in america & say there are chemicals that could hurt your kids..... PLEASE SUE THIS COMPANY!

One can be adversely exposed to antimony by three different pathways: dermal, ingestion, and inhalation. Some contaminants can only cause adverse reations through one pathway. The first comment is misleading as it implies adverse antimony exposure can occur only through ingestion.

GoodGuide issues correction about toy testing methods. http://www.theupperdeck.com/?p=410

I'm sorry but why do these toys need to have any chemicals? Have we not all learned our lessons with toys from China? Give it a while and all of them will be recalled. Lets keep poisoning the youth of america!!! I know these certainly will not be under my childrens christmas tree.

Please do not let the media scare you into returning your Christmas presents. The testng this consumer group performed was by a low level testing procedure. Results can be greatly skewed by operator variance and preparation. The correct analyses is by a quantitative analysis, which was performed by the CPSC.
Mr. Squiggles is OK.

Has the CPSC released their findings?

According to the story linked in the post, the CPSC did not test the toy itself, but apparently felt the testing that the manufacturer showed them was on solid enough ground.