alt_edRECYCLED CONDOMS: No good for your hair!
July 7th 2008 02:51
Recycled Condom Hairbands: The latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products!
A Chinese newspaper has reported on the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products. The paper has reported on the use of recycled condoms in the manufacture of hairbands! That’s right these colourful, innocent, and unassuming hair accessories could be the root of serious health problems.
It is reported that a number of manufactures are using recycled condoms to create cheap hairbands commonly retailing in packs of 10 for less than $2AUD- making them terribly attractive.
The hairbands have been found in local markets and beauty salons throughout Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in Chinas southern Guangdong province. It is impossible to know the full extent though, and these products may have reached retailers as far afield as Europe, the USA and Australia.
The article went on the say;
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 any number of diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns.
A government official was quoted saying recycling of condoms was illegal in China, however failed to comment on any measures in place to monitor this.
A Chinese newspaper has reported on the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products. The paper has reported on the use of recycled condoms in the manufacture of hairbands! That’s right these colourful, innocent, and unassuming hair accessories could be the root of serious health problems.
It is reported that a number of manufactures are using recycled condoms to create cheap hairbands commonly retailing in packs of 10 for less than $2AUD- making them terribly attractive.
The hairbands have been found in local markets and beauty salons throughout Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in Chinas southern Guangdong province. It is impossible to know the full extent though, and these products may have reached retailers as far afield as Europe, the USA and Australia.
The article went on the say;
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 any number of diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns.
A government official was quoted saying recycling of condoms was illegal in China, however failed to comment on any measures in place to monitor this.
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Comment by Summer Minor
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Comment by RubySoho
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Comment by alt_ed
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ArtCombat
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and Ruby, who said anything about them being cleaned.. In this instance recycled merely means 'used again or repeatedly, often at the expense of freshness or originality'
Comment by Morgan Bell
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Ruby, i think its the pro-lifers job to clean them, they save all the little people swimming around in them