Greenpeace Find Sex Toys Unsatisfying

It's official - Greenpeace - in fact rather appropriately the Netherlands office in Amsterdam - are warning that sex toys could be dangerous for your health.

So, do they want to spoil everyone's fun? No, but after EU legislation finally banned some harmful chemicals from children's toys last year, now the grown-up equivalent are in for a pounding.

Many of the chemicals used in everyday products we take for granted have, over time, been shown to be dangerous to our health. PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride - is such a product because in many applications phthalates are added. Phthalates are a plasticiser and their use is the reason why you can get flexible items like PVC clothing and cabling.

Phthalates have long been a worry though because they can leach out - a real concern when they are in toys kids can chew on - or with adult toys that are, umm, designed to be used internally.

The full report for Greenpeace is available here on the Greenpeace Netherlands website.

Short News cracked me up because they titled their take on the story 'Greenpeace Comes Down Hard on Dangerous Dildos'. That's just inspired.

Apparently the items on test supplied by the Netherlands office included a Spectra Gel Anal Plug and a Crystal Jelly Double Dong - plus items from the French office including a Clitofing and an Anneau d'Erection (anneau means ring, you work it out!). I guess this means, presumably, that even though the Dutch are sexually liberated even they felt a bit embarrassed about going into a shop and buying the whole list.

Want to do more for a toxics-free future? You can lend your support here.