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Report from Bangkok Post dated Monday 18 September 2006 :-
Sex toys contain toxic agents
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Amsterdam - Sex toys contain extremely high concentrations of plastic softening agents known as phthalates that are banned for use in children's toys, the Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has found.
Carrying out an investigation at the request of Greenpeace, the TNO tested eight different sex toys for the presence of phthalates, finding concentrations ranging from 24 to 51 per cent in seven of them.
Phthalates leach out of plastics and do not readily bio-degrade.
High concentrations have been found to disturb hormone production in rodents, and a Scandinavian study linked the softeners to allergies in children, although the results are not conclusive.
The European Union banned the most commonly used of the softeners, DEHP (di-2-ethyl hexyl phthalate), in children's toys last year.
"It's simply unbelievable that this stuff can still used in toys for adults," said Bart van Opzeeland of Greenpeace's Dutch branch.
"We've tested lots of products over recent years, but we've never found such high concentrations before."










