Chinese hairband

[himekuma]

Beware when you are travelling to China, try to becareful when you are buying hairbands down the road.

BEIJING (AFP) - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China , threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday. In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou City cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said. 'These cheap and colourful rubber bands and hair ties sell well ... threatening the health of local people. Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and viruses', it said. 'People could be infected with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns,' the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong, as saying. A bag of ten of the recycled bands sells for just 25 fen (three cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper said. A government official was quoted as saying recycling condoms was illegal. China 's manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for both domestic and foreign markets. In response, it launched a public relations blitz this summer aimed at playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems.

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[AmSidar]

Well that's really to bad...

[corpsesoldier]

saw this in a local free newspaper this morning and thought it was a joke... (the tend to kid about a lot of stuff)

this is just wrong on so many levels... and gives a new meaning to the word

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condom head

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seriously... NO!!!

[demoniclsayer]

hm... that is a bit too much... Never imagined that condom is used for making headband.