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Topper

AFP - Tuesday, November 13 03:48 am
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 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.
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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PoloMint

Erm, is this serious - how does the recycling company get hold of them, special collection bin?!

'All you need is duck tape and WD40; if it moves and it shouldn't, use duck tape - if it should move and it doesn't, use WD40'

rolfw

LOL, truth is stranger than fiction.

I suppose they don't call them Alice Bands, more likely Johnny Bands.

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2cvbloke

Talk about getting c*m in your hair....
(well, for the ladies and men of the other side)

Channel Hopper

I cannot believe the dermatologist is called Dong.

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

PaulR

Indeed, this is sounding more and more like a new urban myth in the making.

PaulR As I get older I find myself thinking about the hereafter - I go into a room and then wonder what I'm here after.

4dbennett

I need to know who sucks out the filling?????

deep joy

dave

PaulR

You NEED to know?

PaulR As I get older I find myself thinking about the hereafter - I go into a room and then wonder what I'm here after.

Topper

well urban myth it may become but in the meantime Associated Free Press Yahoo and the rest of the world think is is genuine see here

I too found it far fetched which was why I verified the source before posting

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