Study: LA Porn Actors Have More STDs Than NV Prostitutes

LA porn stars have significantly higher rates of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) than legal prostitutes in Nevada, according to a report published Tuesday.

A study of 168 adult industry actors in Los Angeles County found that 28 percent, or 47 actors, tested positive for either gonorrhea or chlamydia or both.

The report said that in the adult industry, "Undiagnosed asymptomatic ... STIs were common and are likely reservoirs for transmission to sexual partners inside and outside the workplace." The study was conducted in 2010 and written by six public health experts affiliated with the LA County Department of Public Health, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and UCLA."* Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Jayar Jackson discuss whether or not porn actors should be required to wear condoms, given Nevada's successful legalized prostitution condom regulation model.

*Read more from Kathleen Miles/ LA Times:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/la-porn-stars-stds-nevada-prostitute...