USED condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China and selling well in local markets and beauty salons. But they could spread the sexually transmittable diseases the condoms were originally meant to prevent, state media said today. Rubber hair bands had been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou 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," it said. Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and viruses, it said. "People could be infected with AIDS, warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while weaving their hair into plaits or buns," the paper quoted a local dermatologist as saying. A bag of ten of the recycled bands sold much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper said. 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. hoooly shit, this is like 10 times worse then the scandal involving all the toys containing lead paint. I guess im pretty much not going to buy anything containing rubber while im in china lol this is madness
ewww... yuck....its so typical china....they dun care about the consequences as long as its cheap and it sells... its all good.... anyway....hope they stop selling it and wont export that junk to other countries =/
they're not REUSING, they're RECYCLYING it'd be totally disgusting to reuse condoms... dunno bout u, but i'd never do that!! i'm sure u know reuse and recycle are different =P just that if they dont' "clean" it before recycling... its kidna pointless lol
ahah.this is just too damn funny and interesting..gota give it to em for a step in the right direction..
i dunno, this sounds like when my mom told me that they were using used maxi pads for blanket stuffing It makes me wonder if it's true, because who would come in with a bag of used maxi pads or used condoms to a recycling station
