Sep 11, 2006

Sex and phthalates

Posted in Chemistry, Sex at 5:34 pm by David Bradley -- 1 Comment

It seems even the sex industry is not immune to chemophobia, according to a recent Greenpeace Netherlands announcement, users of PVC sex toys destined for orificial use should not. Use them, that is.

According to Greenpeace, these plastic devices can contain “extremely high concentrations of phthalate plasticisers which allegedly pose a risk to human health and the environment”. The organisation wants the European Union to ban the use of …

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Aug 31, 2006

Periodic Post

Posted in Chemistry, Geek, Sex at 6:40 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment

Mosts chemists get to see some wacky periodic tables during their careers - circular ones, spiral ones, ones that rearrange all the elements etc etc. Then there are the foody ones and then there are the giant periodic tables, the arty farty ones, the online version, the flash table.

And, then there’s the periodic table of sex.

I didn’t think it was real at first, but several sciencebase visitors have …

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Aug 21, 2006

Plan B contraceptive

Posted in Chemistry, Sex at 7:34 pm by David Bradley -- 2 Comments; add yours

On Friday, August 18, Barr Laboratories asked the US Food and Drugs Administration to reconsider its application to make its Plan B contraceptive available over the counter. According to FierceBiotech’s John Carroll, “Given the FDA’s sudden willingness to work out a marketing plan for the contraceptive, Barr has a good shot at finally obtaining an approval that should have come through in 2004.” Carroll reckons that the FDA now has the opportunity to show …

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