A new paper from Germany’s Green Party called “Sexual Health as a Consumer Protection Issue” calls upon the German government to help promote safe use of sex-toys to the estimated 20% of Germans who regularly use them.
The paper warns that many sex toys including “dildos, vibrators and anal plugs” contain large amounts of toxic substances like plasticizers (additives which give dildos their penis-like flexibility). When absorbed through mucous membranes these dispersant's “can lead to infertility, hormone imbalances, diabetes and obesity.”
The German Government doesn’t seem particularly roused about fighting toxic masturbation. Their response to the Green Party’s paper pointed to insufficient scientific evidence to support their claims, and added, “Moreover, a national government is not capable of regulating the flow of products, much of which comes from Internet orders and imports".
Nonetheless, “the use of phthalates and other toxic substances in plastics will likely only be allowed in products for a limited time to come, because Germany and other European Union nations have suggested the introduction of an approval procedure."
Almost all the sex toys sold in the US are phthalate free and when in question, make sure to check the box.
