Not exact matches
This time researchers have found a link between soft
plastics such as those found in raincoats,
rubber duckies, shower curtains and air mattresses * (PVC) and a reduced sex drive in women.
Phthalates, on the other hand, are used in
plastics to make them soft and pliable (think
rubber duckies).
Phthalates — various oily chemical compounds used to soften
plastic — make
rubber duckies squeezable and teething rings chewable, and they've been around for half a century.
(Think: a
rubber ducky or your
plastic shower curtain liner).