These are deadly dumplings.
A vigilant TikTokker is warning parents about the toxicity levels of a popular squishy toy.
Concerned Canadian dad Jordan Collinet posted his shocking video after his daughter returned home with a package of the viral squishy dumplings.
The dumplings in question are manufactured by Tnearc toys, a brand specializing in sensory fidget toys, primarily sold through Walmart.
The toys are meant to provide a satisfying sensory experience. The fidget toy is unbearably cute, squeezable, stretchy, comes in a variety of colors — and is allegedly highly toxic.
“I noticed a very, very strong smell coming off of them,” Collinet said in the video.
He filmed himself putting two duplings into a plastic bag with an air-quality meter that measures VOCs.
VOCs, shorthand for Volatile Organic Compounds, are carbon-based gases emitted from common solids or liquids that compromise air quality.
Collinet was shocked by the results.
“To be quite honest, I did not think it would be this bad. We’re at a serious level. VOCs are in the sixes range,” he said.
Collinet notes that Health Canada is supposed to be regulating these types of products.
“These are coming out of China, and they’re obviously not getting tested. I’ve already sent an email to Health Canada about this.”
He pointed out that the toy is recommended for children aged 3 and up.
“Kids are putting these up to their faces in their mouths, they’re busting them, the fillings coming out and going all over the place.”
Collinet also tested the toys outside the bag and then compared the readings to those from an open can of paint. Results showed that the toys were more toxic than the paint.
“Do you want your children’s toy to be less safe than a can of paint from the hardware store?” he asked.
In a follow-up video billed as a PSA about the danger of the dumplings, Collinet showed two brand-new, fresh-from-the-package dumplings.
“I have a feeling we’re gonna max out the meter,” he said, noting that the toys had a strong toxic smell similar to paint.
Placing the toys in a bag with the air-quality meter, Collinet noted that within twenty seconds the meter registered toxic levels.
Within one minute, the meter showed a toxic reading of 9.99, the maximum the device can reach.
“We’ve maxed it out,” he said.
“The ones that we did before this had aired out for a few days. That’s why I wanted to do some brand new ones, as you can see, this is worse,” he added.
In light of these horrifying results, he issued a firm warning to others.
“Don’t buy these. If you have them, return them. It’s not worth it.”
Commenters thanked Collinet for his diligence, with one requesting he do a similar test on the popular NeeDoh squishy toys.
“You should do some of the NeeDoh ones. The original cubes seemed fine, but my daughter got one shaped like a piece of cake that smelled like turpentine. It gave me a headache, so we threw it out immediately.”
“Why does everything….. everything..have poison in it?” lamented a second.
The Post has reached out to Walmart for comment.
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