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Jane Fonda's Daughter Calls For Environmentally Friendly SEX TOYS
Pray this foul, pinko, second generation sex kitten is struck down, soon!
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WHAT'S NOT GREEN ABOUT SEX?
Vanessa talks good toys, bad toys and Earth-friendly sex.
You’ve gotta love the creative juices that have given rise to the vast variety of sex products available. They’ve had a profound impact on our lives: the pleasures and benefits to our health and well-being are innumerable. Unfortunately, much of what’s good for our sex lives — from condoms, lubricants, toys and apparel to birth control — have a profoundly negative impact on our health and the environment.
Let’s set aside for a moment the environmental consequences of the manufacturing, packaging, transportation and disposal of all those wonderful sex gadgets and look instead at a rarely considered consequence of product labeling laws. In far too many states across the country, laws ban the sale of even the most innocuous sexual devices. In Texas, for example, the creation and sale of anything "designed or marked as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs" is banned. The significance of these types of laws becomes apparent on the label. Therefore, the adult sex toy industry must label items like vibrators and dildos “for novelty use only,” or “for educational or instructional use only.” Why does that matter? Because the products that come into the most direct and intimate contact with our bodies do not have to be regulated for human health effects, as they are only “novelties.”
All sorts of chemicals you would never consider putting in your body are used in the manufacturing of adult toys because they are — by law and labeling — not meant for, well, what they're meant for.
In addition to other toxins, sex toys contain chemicals called phthalates, a substance used to soften hard plastics like PVC — often providing that jelly feeling. The EU has banned a range of phthalates, and California is following their lead. Phthalates and other toxic chemicals are regulated minimally in toys for children and pets, but that is not true for adult toys — because legally, they will never actually be used. Read these MNN articles for more information about phthalates and BPA.
So what to do? Ultimately, we must work to get these laws overturned and demand that all products be safe for human and planetary health. In the meantime, opt for accessories made from sustainably harvested and recycled substances such as leather, glass, metal or wood. And don’t neglect the vegetable drawer (locally grown and organic, of course).
Vanessa talks good toys, bad toys and Earth-friendly sex.
You’ve gotta love the creative juices that have given rise to the vast variety of sex products available. They’ve had a profound impact on our lives: the pleasures and benefits to our health and well-being are innumerable. Unfortunately, much of what’s good for our sex lives — from condoms, lubricants, toys and apparel to birth control — have a profoundly negative impact on our health and the environment.
Let’s set aside for a moment the environmental consequences of the manufacturing, packaging, transportation and disposal of all those wonderful sex gadgets and look instead at a rarely considered consequence of product labeling laws. In far too many states across the country, laws ban the sale of even the most innocuous sexual devices. In Texas, for example, the creation and sale of anything "designed or marked as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs" is banned. The significance of these types of laws becomes apparent on the label. Therefore, the adult sex toy industry must label items like vibrators and dildos “for novelty use only,” or “for educational or instructional use only.” Why does that matter? Because the products that come into the most direct and intimate contact with our bodies do not have to be regulated for human health effects, as they are only “novelties.”
All sorts of chemicals you would never consider putting in your body are used in the manufacturing of adult toys because they are — by law and labeling — not meant for, well, what they're meant for.
In addition to other toxins, sex toys contain chemicals called phthalates, a substance used to soften hard plastics like PVC — often providing that jelly feeling. The EU has banned a range of phthalates, and California is following their lead. Phthalates and other toxic chemicals are regulated minimally in toys for children and pets, but that is not true for adult toys — because legally, they will never actually be used. Read these MNN articles for more information about phthalates and BPA.
So what to do? Ultimately, we must work to get these laws overturned and demand that all products be safe for human and planetary health. In the meantime, opt for accessories made from sustainably harvested and recycled substances such as leather, glass, metal or wood. And don’t neglect the vegetable drawer (locally grown and organic, of course).
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