Avoiding Toxins
You don’t want toxins going in or on your body during this season of love. Unfortunately, they can be more than a little bit difficult to avoid. Many popular sex products are made from chemical fragrances, colors, plastics, and other things you don’t want touching you.
Grist.org explains why love stinks, “Many popular erotic toys are made of polyvinyl chlorides (PVC) -- plastics long decried by eco-activists for the toxins released during their manufacture and disposal -- and softened with phthalates, a controversial family of chemicals.”
To avoid toxins when it comes to sex toys,
Planet Green suggests, “Look for toys made from glass, metal, silicone, hard plastics, or elastomers. Putting a condom over a suspicious dildo is also a good move. If your sex toy of choice is a power tool, buy a rechargeable one or use your own rechargeable batteries.”
Sex toys – especially ones made from metal, silicon, and glass – can range in price from “pretty expensive” to “that costs how much?!” In addition to sticker shock, the unnatural hardness of glass, metal, and hard plastic can be uncomfortable for many. For those who are budget conscious or prefer a
more natural feel, sex toys made from Thermoplastic Rubber (TPR) or Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) can be a better choice.
Online sex toy mega-retailer, Babeland, has a
great guide to all of the different materials used to make sex toys. They say that TPE sex toys are non-porous (which makes for easy cleaning and sanitation), are phthalate-free, and are compatible with all lubricants, features that make for natural feeling sex toys. They are usually less expensive as well.
Check out
Earth Erotics for some great eco-friendly sex toy options. You can also narrow your search at any adult store or online retailer to include those safer materials listed above
Of course you’re probably going to need a little extra lubrication for all of that eco-friendly sex, so check out
Astroglide’s Natural lubricant or the 95% organic (but 100% orgasmic) lubricants from
Good Clean Love.
Maximizing the Love Making Experience
The fact that the Valentine’s Day season of love falls in the dead of winter is quite a good thing for your heating bill, because
sex is definitely a fun and free way to stay warm and burn calories (if doesn’t, you’re doing it wrong).
Eco Friendly Sex
Issue 4 | February/March 2010