Dildology http://www.dildology.org/ is a charity set up to independently test the chemical make up of sex toys. Basically what is REALLY in the what we put inside our bodies. The testing process costs $200 a time but is extremely important to naming and shaming companies who don't care and who lie. If you can donate, even a small amount, please do at http://www.dildology.org/donations/
The results (http://wiki.dildology.org/view/James_Deen) were shocking and disguisting! 39% PVC and 61% Phtalates! Phtalates are a softener, they are cheap but dangerous. They have been linked to anything from mild reactions, chemical burns and even cancer. They are baned in childrens toys over 0.1% but are allowed to be 61% in sex toys.
I will now NEVER buy or use ANYTHING from Doc Johnson. They are a disguisting lying company. Whatever you wish to do with this information is up to you. All I ask is please be careful about what you are using and never automatically trust a company. Sex toys should not smell or be dangerous.
It is scary, I hate that the industry is allowed to be like this. Sex toys should not smell, at all. Also, a company can name a sex toy silicone and it doesn't have to contain ANY silicone at all.
That's ridiculous! And it's one of those things that won't get loads of publicity because so many people are embarrassed about using sex toys to discuss it
People trust what is on the box, don't know the risks or hope it doesn't happen to them. I threw all mine out (only had two) but have used more in the past. Until the industry is regulated this will not stop. I won't use Doc Johnson, Cal Exotics or Pipe Line because of the dodgy materials.
It's because companies can put 'novelty use' and 'external use' only on sex toys. Then they are not subjected to testing or regulating. Companies that are honest about them being sex toys are. Lots of companies who put novelty use would fail the regulations too.
Call me sceptical, but I'll wait on some real research to come out on this before completely discrediting Doc Johnson. This site looks like it's just set up by a bunch of mates with an idea, and there's absolutely no concrete scientific information on the site at all.
So for now, I don't think people need to lose their minds with this - and I'm not entirely sure the Lovehoney staff will leave a thread which slanders a large enough company based on some dodgy information open for too long.
The more I think about it and look at the site, the more it looks like a simple money-grabbing scheme. That's just my opinion though.
Call me sceptical, but I'll wait on some real research to come out on this before completely discrediting Doc Johnson. This site looks like it's just set up by a bunch of mates with an idea, and there's absolutely no concrete scientific information on the site at all.
So for now, I don't think people need to lose their minds with this - and I'm not entirely sure the Lovehoney staff will leave a thread which slanders a large enough company based on some dodgy information open for too long.
The more I think about it and look at the site, the more it looks like a simple money-grabbing scheme. That's just my opinion though.
http://wiki.dildology.org/w/images/0/03/2013-06-12-eca-13254.png Real place, real testing. Not just 'mates with an idea'. Evidence enough for you??
This is part of the problem, that even with chemical testing people still say oh no people wouldn't do that. Dodgy information? Chemical testing!!
I'm now trying to pronounce the name of the site, Is its Dild-ology, Or Dildo-logy? One ponders...
Surely the former to fit with other ologies.
Despina Rose, thank you so much for sharing this. I was considering purchasing one of the Doc Johnson products as my next purchase, so glad I saw this before I did.
It’s disgusting that companies think so little of their customers that they lie. Obviously they know people don't want phtalates otherwise they would label the product as containing them. People should be able to choose what they put into their bodies based on full disclosure.