As a general rule, the more that a toy smells like rubber, the more phthalates it contains. One researcher I spoke with referred to this as the “plastic shower curtain” test. If you take a toy out of the package and it has a strong chemically smell (like a new shower curtain) it probably has phthalates in it. Sex toys made of the following materials do not contain phthalates:
- Silicone rubber
- Hard plastic/Acrylic sex toys
- Glass sex toys
- Metal sex toys
- Elastomers sex toys
