Several brands of condoms and lubricants contain alarming levels of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, including styles of Trojan and K-Y Jelly, new research finds.
The testing conducted by the Mamavation consumer advocacy blog comes just as researchers found human skin absorbs the chemicals at much higher levels than previously thought.
Penis and vagina skin is thin and the organs have a high level of blood vessels, which makes them particularly dangerous organs to expose to PFAS, Linda Birnbaum, a science adviser for Mamavation who previously ran the Environmental Protection Agency’s toxicology program, wrote in the report.
“The vagina and penis are incredibly vascular areas and dermal exposure to these areas are often higher than other places of the body,” Birnbaum said.
Nice try Big Penis, but you’ll have to take the condoms from my cold dead hands (before I flush them down the toilet). /s
If you’re fucking enough for this to be a concern, male, female or other, good on you.
I just use straws with the top sealed off, fits perfectly!
Plus you have at least six inches on the end there for the semen reservoir!
So if I get a heat gun, can I get the PFAS in the condom to bond to the PFAS that’s already in my dick from other sources? You know, for added grip.
From what I understand, PFAS are actually a lubricating agent, hence their prevalence in some floss brands.
An inventor in the making.
Only one way to find out.
Vasectomy and a steady relationship, long term all of humanity’s issues would be solved if everyone practiced that.
I guess yay for being celibate? But really this is crap, how can we encourage folks to use easy-access protection when we have headlines like this? What about dental dams? Why is this even an issue? Why won’t the manufacturers share their “ingredients?”
The guardian article only summarizes a limited amount of the product test information. See here for more products that were tested: https://www.mamavation.com/health/condoms-lubricants-pfas-forever-chemicals.html#Not_Our_Favorite_Condoms
This is why I prefer to use sheepskin pouch
Sorry, did you say sheepskin couch?
I said pouch, Mr. Jance Dance Vance
How much forever chemicals in the blood of all living things is not alarming?
My partner and I use the basic water-based Lola. It’s literally the only brand in at least ten different tests that doesn’t cause burning for her.
Is it possible that the basic unscented Lola does not have PFAS like the weird one that has a bunch of flavoring and heating agents in it?
That’s why I don’t use condoms.
It makes wanking expensive.
Yeah, I’m not going to get my hand pregnant.
A few months later: “oh, oh no”
That and nobody will sleep with me, but mostly the PFAS.
Time to ban condoms
