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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 10:05 AM
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Greenpeace issues toxic sex toy warning
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/11/phthalate_warning/

OMG! Pass this on to everyone in your e-mail address book!

No, on second thought, better not.
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 10:08 AM
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1. Boy, nothing's safe anymore. If you can't trust your butt plug
manufacturer, who can you trust?
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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 10:27 AM
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2. Phthalates.
Say that fast three times without breaking your tonque.
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darkmaestro019 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 10:28 AM
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3. "Remember, these are chemicals which do not easily biodegrade ..."
So how exactly are they supposed to pose a danger? Thousand years in a landfull won't disintegrate them but brief insertion will?

I call BS.
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 10:30 AM
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4. Pssst.... Don't tell KkKarl.
n/t.
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 10:35 AM
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5. phthalate-io? Squirrel?
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mongo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 11:15 AM
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6. I don't really want to come down on one side of this issue
or the other -- I am very glad to see the industry move away from jelly, and produce more and more silicone and glass toys.

BUT -- according to the EPA our highest exposure to phthalates comes from seafood.

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/di-n-but.html

Interstingly enough, the CDC thinks our highest exposure comes from the Air

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp135-c2.pdf#search=%22Phthalate%20exposure%20seafood%22


I wouldn't worry too much about exposure to jelly toys. Just keep them away from silicone lube to prevent dildo disease.





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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 11:27 AM
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7. Thanks for the heads up
:rofl: :rofl: :spray:

certainly don't want to hurt our Jacksies!!!!!!



lost
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 01:28 PM
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8. Heads up what?
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 01:33 PM
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9. Matcom is getting old and slow
It's sad watching the public aging of a legend.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 01:43 PM
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10. There are worse ways to go...
:P :hi:
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 03:32 PM
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11. Well, I always preferred the silicone toys over the jelly ones anyway.
Now I know that Greenpeace backs that decision.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 03:37 PM
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12. I considered posting it but figured I'd get the thread locked
:shrug:
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 03:00 AM
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13. Well, I don't have any of those
Nothing to worry about there.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 04:59 AM
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15. Don't try to act all innocent.
You just buy the silicone toys.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 05:18 AM
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16. Silicone swathed plastic actually
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 04:40 AM
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14. Hi DavidD!!
Funny, I saw this yesterday, I just couldn't post. Glad somebody did.. :silly:
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 10:17 AM
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17. The Path to Phthaletes
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