You’ll find phthalates – sometimes referred to as plasticizers — in many products you take for granted, including sex toys. You can conduct a first-step screening of your existing cache of sex toys for phthalates. Stephanie Iris Weiss, author of the book Eco-Sex: Go Green Between The Sheets And Make your Love Life Sustainable, explains: “(G)ive it a good sniff – does it smell like a vinyl shower curtain? If so, you can bet your bottom dollar that it’s full of stuff you don’t want in your nether regions.” What you’re smelling are the effects of “off-gassing” – remember that new car smell? — in which products leak toxic gasses into the air. In the case of sex products, that means that these products that are also leaching inside your or your partner’s body.

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