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Fire Me Boy!
09-11-2008, 07:27 AM
****ing gross.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/hairband.asp


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 colorful 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 10 of the recycled bands sells for just ¢25 (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.

In response, it launched a public relations blitz this summer aimed at playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems.

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Dartgod
09-11-2008, 08:05 AM
Heh. I saw "hair bands" and was thinking Poison, Warrant, Winger, et al.

StcChief
09-11-2008, 09:27 AM
recycle condoms, but pollute the air/water.... must be a Chinese thing?

chasedude
09-11-2008, 09:34 AM
I thought this was a thread about a new "genre" LMAO

Deberg_1990
09-11-2008, 10:40 AM
Heh. I saw "hair bands" and was thinking Poison, Warrant, Winger, et al.

heh, i guess its better than "Condom Boy Bands"

Frosty
09-11-2008, 10:49 AM
My mind is still trying to wrap around the fact that they have enough used condoms to be able to recycle them. Do they have collection bins or something? :spock:

Rausch
09-11-2008, 10:51 AM
Heh. I saw "hair bands" and was thinking Poison, Warrant, Winger, et al.

I hear they're also unsafe to touch and spread disease...

Fat Elvis
09-11-2008, 10:51 AM
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Something-About-Mary-mf01.jpg

Is that...is that hair gel?