SEX TOY SAFETY

The Smitten Kitten in Minneapolis is one of the adult toy retailers which has stopped selling certain kinds of toys because of questions about the chemicals used to make them. (Photo by Lester Graham)

(Listeners should be aware of the adult nature of this report. It includes sexually explicit descriptions.)

Not everyone uses sex toys. But some people certainly do use them. The American sex toy industry took-in more than one-and-a-half billion dollars in revenue last year. But there are growing public health concerns about chemicals used to manufacture some of the adult toys. No government agency regulates sex toys because the adult toys are labeled as novelty items. "Novelty" means these toys are not intended to actually be used. Kyle Norris reports some retailers want the industry to stop using the potentially harmful materials in the toys.

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https://www.environmentreport.org/st...?story_id=3685

Story on alternatives to toxic toys

Producer: Kyle Norris
Release Date: October 22, 2007
Running Time: 7:07