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Sex Toy Safety

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Sex toys are a billion-and-a-half dollar a year industry, so a lot of people are buying them. Some of those toys are made with chemicals that concern some people. But the medical community knows next to nothing about whether those toys pose a public health risk. No one is doing research to test whether they could harm humans. Although the subject is controversial, this piece looks at an issue that the medical community feels needs attention.

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SEX TOY SAFETY
Kyle Norris
October 22, 2007

(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:

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

A couple of years ago, Jennifer Pritchett and Jessica Giordani opened up The Smitte...
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