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February 27, 2007
Consumer Alert: Beware the Adult Toys of Doom
Village Voice columnist Tristan Taormino has written two eye-opening pieces in her "Pucker Up" column in the Village Voice about toxic adult toys. Many such items -- you know what they are -- have a component from industrial chemicals called phthalates that can cause burning and itching in contact with skin.
The "Dangerous Dildos" columns, which I cannot dig up from the Voice website, grew out of Taormino's own painful experiences with toys of doom. The owners for a store called The Smitten Kitten in Minneapolis got so concerned that they started CATT, the Coalition Against Toxic Toys. Its website says,
CATT's mission is to demystify the adult sex toy industry and positively transform socially irresponsible, environmentally & personally hazardous sex toy manufacturing and sex toy sales practices.
Fortunately, the wonders of capitalism are already producing alternatives to itch-inducing items. Taormino talks up a company called Tantus that stresses high-quality manufacturing and components, much as you would find in quality products, like German automobiles, that you get into, as opposed to products that get into you:
The superior quality of Tantus Silicone makes all Tantus Toys hypoallergenic, hygienic, phthalate free, odorless, tasteless, boilable, bleachable and even dishwasher safe. These factors combined make Tantus Toys the safest most pleasurable toys on the market.
Can I put it in my microwave? What about the laundry? And the real question: Is it good for the Jews?
Van | 02/27/07 at 06:21 AM | Categories: Sensual pleasures
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Comments
I prefer the real thing.
Judith Weiss | February 27, 2007 09:12 PM
Judith, I agree whole heartedly, but, in the words of the philosopher Steven Stills, "If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with."
And the eagle flies with the dove, but that's a matter for another post.
Van | February 27, 2007 11:19 PM
I think that actually comes from Brigadoon:
"When I'm not near the one I love, I love the one I'm near."
Attila (Pillage Idiot) | February 28, 2007 02:34 PM
