sex toys contain toxins

by violet blue on September 8, 2006

As I’ve described previously in this article, this podcast lecture and as it was all Boinged last March, mass-made sex toys contain toxins. But now someone’s doing something about it, read Sex Toys Contain Toxins. Snip:

“The Hague – Environmental group Greenpeace called on Friday on the European Union to ban the use of chemical plastic softeners in sex toys because they contained dangerous substances known as phthalates.

‘Adult sex toys contain the same toxic substances that EU banned from use in children’s toys,’ said Greenpeace. The environmental group said it was shocked to find that seven of the eight sex toys it had tested contained between 24% and 51% of phthalates.

‘It is unbelievable that such toxic substances can be used in adult toys.’”

More articles here; Greenpeace’s statement here.

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The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and TinyNibbles is named one of Self Magazine’s “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is the Founder, Editor and Owner of TinyNibbles and many other popular web properties. She is a Forbes Web Celeb, a columnist for CBS Interactive/ZDNet, and is one of Wired's Faces of Innovation. Blue teaches and lectures around the world (including two Google Inc. Tech Talks on sex) and is the Author and Editor of over 35 best-selling, award-winning books. She is regarded as the foremost expert in the field of sex and technology and has guested on Oprah, CNN and more.

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