Friday, November 17, 2023

Sex toys exposed as an overlooked source of microplastics, study finds

The guilt of sex is back! You are toying with what! Microplastics!

Scientists like sex toys too, but they need an excuse to play with it! 😊 

The scientists used an abrasion machine to play with the sex toys, which seems quite artificial and may not reflect actual human use very well. This study may even qualify as junk science.

The fabricated and exaggerated microplastics scare is now invading your bedroom! Microplastics, a mania of our days!

What a hysteria and alarmism! Do you believe that the Medieval Ages and superstition ended with the Age of Enlightenment? Think again!

Plastophobia is a serious disease! Please see a doctor immediately!

Humans have been living with all kinds of dust for tens thousands of years! If humans were so sensitive, we would be long extinct.

From the abstract:
"A majority of American adults report having used sex toys, which, by design, interact with intimate and permeable body parts yet have not been subject to sufficient risk assessment or management. Physical and chemical data are presented examining potential risks associated with four types of currently available sex toys: anal toy, beads, dual vibrator, and external vibrator. A standardized abrasion machine made real-time breakdown of products into microplastics and nanoplastics. The microplastics from the sex toys were then solvent extracted and analyzed using GC–MS. Rates of microplastics and nanoplastics released during abrasion testing from most microplastic release to least was the anal toy, beads, dual vibrator, external vibrator. Both micro- and nanoplastics particles were generated following the abrasion test, with the 50 percentile diameters (D50) ranging from the anal beads at 658.5 μm, dual vibrator at 887.83 μm, anal toy at 950 μm, and external vibrator at 1673.33 μm. ... This data set is not intended to be representative of sex toys as an entire class of products, nor are the abrasion experiments claiming to simulate exact use conditions. However, these exploratory data frame potential concerns, highlighting research questions and the need for prompt prioritization of protective action. Therefore, future studies and multi-stakeholder action are needed to understand and reduce risk for this class of products."

Sex toys exposed as an overlooked source of microplastics, study finds

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Scary stuff! Sex toy microplastic microscope images from A Anal Toy B Beads C External Vibrator and D Dual Vibrator


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