California's Health Standards Board has suggested that all porn actors wear goggles and dental dams while filming. Unsurprisingly, the plans have been met with fierce opposition by those who believe the proposals to be draconian and unnecessary. “These are regulations designed for medical settings, and are unworkable on an adult film set — or even a Hollywood film set,” said Diane Duke, CEO of the Free Speech Coalition. “We’ve come to San Diego with ways to amend the regulations, with input from both performers and public health officials, in ways that protect adult film performers without stigmatizing and shutting down an entire industry.”

The campaign is been led by Michael Weinstein, a man who describes porn actors as a threat to public health. He's a key member of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, but his opponents believe he's creating a problem where there isn't one – there hasn't been an HIV transmission on a porn set since 2004. Weinstein wants to see "all bodily fluids considered potentially infectious materials.”

Since California passed a law in 2014 making condoms mandatory, porn film production has plummeted in the state. If the Health Standards Board is successful in making actors wear all manner of protective equipment it's likely to destroy the industry, unless of course humanity discovers that it gets a real kick out of jacking off to goggle porn. While sexual deviance knows no boundaries, this is unlikely.

A decision is not likely to be reached until next March, meaning that producers at least have a while to try and figure out if there's a way to make big, chunky lab goggles sexy.