China’s Best: Hairbands made from recycled condoms…
May 23, 2008 – 6:11 pm
Beware when you are travelling to China , just try to be careful when you
are buying hairbands down the road who knows what it is made from??
These Hairbands were made from used condomsand threads. That was so
disgusting, I would not want to use them!!
BEIJING - 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 sen (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.
