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Sex Toy Safety
By Kyle Norris on Monday, May 11, 2009.
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If skin and hair care products contain unsafe ingredients, just imagine what other, perhaps less publicized products might contain.
The American sex toy industry took in more than $1.5 billion in revenue in 2006. But there are growing public health concerns about chemicals used to manufacture some adult toys. No government agency regulates sex toys because the adult toys are labeled as novelty items. "Novelty" means these toys are not intended to actually be used. Nobody even wants to talk about regulation of adult toys. Kyle Norris of The Environment Report uncovered the story.
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Most of the larger manufactures dont use any harmful sex chemicals in there sex toys, try sticking to main brand names like Doc Johnson of California Exotics.
The larger manufacturers are heavy users of chemicals in their toy manufacturing, moreso because they mass produce their "novelties". Companies like Cal Exotics and Doc Johnson use phthalates in many of their products as a softening agent, especially in their jelly and vinyl toys. Just smell them! You'll notice a strong rubber scent, often covered with cherry or "fresh scent."
If you want to protect yourself from the chenicals/materials in these things, then simply use a condom over them,,. Also be sure and wash them after use w/ a 10% bleech solution,.
1. Condoms are designed to protect bodies from human fluids, not industrial chemicals. No test has ever been done to prove or disprove whether the chemicals in these toys breach the barrier of a condom.
2.Many manufacturers of toys, including mainstream brands like Doc Johnson and California Exotics still sell toys that are made of "jelly". Whether or not these toys will give you cancer, the more immediate concern is that they are porous and will absorb body fluids, breed bacteria and harbor viruses, etc. Instead of going by brand, stick to toys that are hard plastic, 100% medical grade silicone, metal, or glass.
All this information is on badvibes.org. If there are safe alternatives, why risk it?