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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Environmental group Greenpeace called on the European Union to ban the use of chemical plastic softeners in sex toys because they contained dangerous substances known as phthalates.
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Truth is Smokey - that shit is dangerous and Greenpeace have a valid point.
Used to manufacture toys and the chem processes used to make em needs monitoring. Even on "natural latex" dildos of various kinds - these need leeching in tanks for a long time before chemicals are removed. This sure was not happening in a number of products imported from Asia - can't say for current, it may have improved.
The original test for this involved rubbing a portion of the finished product over the eye of a rabbit - if the rabbit developed blindness or cancerous eyes - the test failed. (Na.. we never harmed any rabbits
- there is lab equipment for this test to replicate the same results)
The "acid test" (literally) was leave a product on a shelf for 24 months and if disintegrated - the acid eats the product - there's a problem