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lonestar2004
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China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands
#7630538 - 11/13/07 01:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mon Nov 12, 10:48 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071113/hl_afp/chinahealthcondomsoffbeat_071113034834
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.
ADVERTISEMENT 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 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, (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.
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Equally_Diverse
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Re: China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands [Re: lonestar2004]
#7630910 - 11/13/07 02:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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A local dermatologist who calls himself "Dong" decides to give his two cents on this particular issue, I see.
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Re: China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands [Re: lonestar2004]
#7630914 - 11/13/07 02:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ladies and gentlemen, our future overlords!
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Irradiated_Feces
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Re: China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands [Re: lonestar2004]
#7630927 - 11/13/07 02:39 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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This was from the onion or something right? right???
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Caribou_Lou
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Re: China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands [Re: Irradiated_Feces]
#7630970 - 11/13/07 02:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have one question, where do they collect the condoms hahaha? Do they pick them through the trash, or do they pay you money to bring a bunch of them to a factory like pop cans?
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