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, the 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 weaving their hair into plaits or buns," the daily quoted a local dermatologist as saying.
A bag of 10 of the recycled bands sells for just 25 fen (4 cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the newspaper said.
A government official was quoted as saying that recycling condoms was illegal. China's manufacturing industry has been tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for domestic and foreign markets. It has launched a public relations blitz aimed at playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems. — AFP
HAZARD: These hair ties made from used condoms may harbour diseases such as Aids.
2 comments:
I don't thing these news are true. Maybe it's just a way to bad mouth the Chinese industries. I mean, just look, if they'd buy new condoms or rejected ones, it would be much easier since they'd go directly to the supplier. It would actually entail them much cost to go around town collecting USED ones. What? They'd go knocking around for used condoms? or look for them in the trash? Come on... do they have a separate recylce bin for condoms?? That's absurd, and very costly on the producer's part.
Plus, how did they ever know it's used? Did these bands contain DNA?
that is so discusting are they aloud to do the .Girls usally put the hair tie in the mouths befor tieing there hair up"HELLO DESIES" SPERM LOOK LITTLE CHILDREN use these imagin if the cought a diese like aids at such a young age and have to live with tis for the rest of there lifes i just hope they have called a recall !!!!!!!
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