Safe Sex Toys Or the Unsafe Ones - How Would You Know
Have you ever thought about the health risks and natural threats involved in using
sex toys and why you should use only safe sex toys? Have you ever wondered that even these tools can contain toxic elements that pose threat not only to their users but also to the environment? It has become very crucial now that all of us should avoid all those things that are made of toxic materials.Many popular sex tools are normally made of PVC (polyvinyl chlorides), which is a toxic form of plastic. Eco-activists have long been decrying about the harmful effects of this plastic, which releases various toxins during its manufacturing processes and after their disposal too. Another notorious family of chemicals, i.e. phythalates, is widely used to soften PVc plastics. Examples of some erotic toys that have been softened by this chemical include: soft jelly and cyberskin toys, which got tremendous popularity in the last few year. But they are definitely not the safe sex toys.
Although, almost all of the earlier models were made of PVC plastics, it was too difficult for the larger stores to avoid such toxic stuff due to high demands of consumers. At the same time, the consumers have not been as aware towards such toxic products as they are today. What else, toys made of PVC plastics were much cheaper than any other sex tools made of not so harmful materials. Even shop owners used to make more profit in selling these products than they could have made by selling safe sex toys.
Most of the men and women must have tried a sex toy at least once in their life time. If you are also one of such men or women then you must be familiar with that pleasing smell of a brand new toy. But probably you don't know that pleasing smell of your plastic toy is nothing but the release of harmful VOC's (i.e. volatile organic compounds) into the environment.
Although the entire living world is highly composed of organic compounds, those compounds are not at all harmful to the environment or to the humankind. In the contrary, VOC's are the harmful kind of organic compounds that instantly vaporize in air at room temperature. These volatile compounds come under the category of suspected carcinogens, which can cause various types of cancer on their inhalation, like lung cancer. So, have you ever considered how much you are at health risk when you use these sex tools instead of using safe sex toys?
To make the situation even worse, the selling and buying of sex toys are completely unregulated. It means that there are no guidelines or stipulations about how to manufacture them, no requirements on the part of manufacturing or selling companies to disclose the used materials and there is no regulatory body to govern the manufacturing processes of these products. So, you are clearly at the mercy of the manufacturing companies.
So, what are the options before you, which you can use to safeguard yourself as well as the environment from the harmful effects of such products? The only options before you are to be an educated consumer and rely only on those companies that deal in selling the safe sex toys only.
Safe Sex Toys Or the Unsafe Ones - How Would You Know
By: Pamela Williams