Bad vibrations we expose an EU sex scandal
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Greenpeace has been opposing the use of phthalates for over three years, after research into children's toys and teething rings showed that the chemicals could be ingested through direct exposure to sensitive tissue, such as that found inside the mouth. In 2005 the EU banned the use of the phthalate DEHP in children's toys because of its damaging effect on young children, forcing toy manufacturers to develop alternatives. It is shocking to find them still used in sex toys, also made for internal use.

Study
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1.Beauty Secrets
In September 2000, researchers at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that every single one of the 289 persons tested for the plasticizer dibutyl phthalate (DBP) had the compound in their bodies. The finding passed with little public fanfare, but surprised government scientists, who just one month earlier had rated DBP of little health concern based on the scientific assumption, which later turned out to be wrong, that levels in humans were within safe limits. DBP causes a number of birth defects in lab animals, primarily to male offspring, including testicular atrophy, reduced sperm count, and defects in the structure of the penis (CERHR 2000). Back to Top

The most critical population, women of childbearing age whose foetuses are exposed in the womb, appear to receive the highest exposures. Estimates based on data published by the same CDC researchers in October 2000, indicate that DBP exposures for 3 million women of childbearing age may be up to 20 times greater than for the average person in the population.

The highest exposure estimates for these women were above the federal safety standard (Blount et al 2000, Kohn et al 2000, EPA 1990). EPA rates their overall confidence in the safety standard as “low”, largely because it is based on a study published in 1953 that did not examine the test

Sex toys may be dangerous to your health
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So how can you identify phthalate-laden toys?
Ask yourself the following questions:

Does it smell horribly chemical?
Is it pliable?
Is it made of plastic?
Is it unusually inexpensive?
If you answer with two or more yes's it probably contains phthalates. In general if it is soft or pliable, and smells bad it is likely to contain phthalates.

Phthalate free alternatives
Now the good news is that there are numerous alternatives that could be used - but unfortunately not many manufacturers use them. Products made from medical grade silicone, elastomer and food grade vinyls are perfectly safe. They have no chemical smells, no off-gassing and no leeching into your body.