Dildo Retailing Giant Adam and Eve to Drop Toys Containing Phthalates
From Violet Blue’s TinyNibbles.com:
Libby Lynn from Adam and Eve writes me this morning saying, “PHE/A&E is currently cutting out all sex toys that contain phthalates. This process takes time because a large majority of the products we sell come from China. However, the merchandisers are requiring that all toys be phthalate-free. By mid 2007, PHE companies (Adam & Eve, Better Sex, AdamMale, VideoMail, Video Gold, Temptations Parties, etc) should also be phthalate-free. I am keeping my eye on this as much as I can.”
To me, being liberal means being skeptical, which is why I had been skeptical about concerns regarding phthalates. Then about 8 months ago Peggy was fucking me with a rippled jelly buttplug we had purchase around the time we got married. Over the years it had become more opaque, but had also lost it characteristic jelly-rubber smell.
“More lube,” I kept telling her, because the plug was not sliding in with the expected ease and pleasure. In fact, it burned.
“Any more lube and I’m not going to be able to keep a hold of this thing.”
As it turned out, there was plenty of lube. The problem was the plug itself. Although it had been thoroughly cleaned, and then stored in a food-quality storage bag, there was something on it or about it that made my ass burn, and not in a good way. In fact, in a very bad way that lingered for several hours.
We haven’t bought anything but silicone and metal in years, but we had the plug and several other “legacy toys”. That night all of them went into the garbage. No more jelly rubber up my butt. You shouldn’t put it up your butt either.
This is great news out of North Carolina. I am also struck by the fact that while the porn industry seems to continue to devolve (just this year Vivid rescinded it’s condom-only policy,), the sex toy industry continues to evolve and I continute to be inspired by the sex toy industry.
At Comstock Films we’re inspired by the creativity and commitment to quality at places like Vixen Creation, Liberator Shapes, and our good friends over at Njoy Toys. We’re excited to see one of “the big boys” hold themselves to a higher standard. Their customers’ assholes deserve nothing less!
