When sex toys turn green - for health, that is
Concern about effects of common chemical leads consumers to seek options
It is, perhaps, a measure of just how mainstream sex toys have become that there are now budding consumer and environmental awareness campaigns being waged over them.
The biggest controversy is about the materials from which many toys are made.
Most vibrators, dildos and "love dolls," for instance �- especially the soft, pliable "jelly" type �- use some form of plastic. In an effort to make the materials softer and more lifelike, PVC plastics suppliers incorporate one or more members of a family of compounds called phthalates (FAY-lates). To hear some environmentalists tell it, using a vibrator that includes phthalates is akin to bathing in DDT. Alarmed, some sex toy retailers, most prominently San Francisco-based Good Vibrations, are banning toys that include phthalates. But to hear the chemical industry tell it, phthalates are about as benign as mountain spring water. So what is a sex toy consumer to do?
Having watched a hot dog be removed from a womans vagina in an ER, I think I will pass on that....
I mean these are potentially hazardous to one's health, not to mention self esteem (in the E.R.)
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