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Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp.../311414/1/.html

 

China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands

Posted: 14 November 2007 0905 hrs

 

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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 fen (three US 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. - AFP/ac

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probably those doing the 'processing' from rubber to rubber bands.

 

but herpes and genital warts are real... you will not want warts on your face.

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u think the boss of the condom recycling factory will care?

 

just take a pair of scissors and snip snip. throw the wet condom, cum and all into colour dye pot. later take out to dry and pack.

 

for all you know, the buyer may be lucky enough to buy a wet pair of rubberbands. [laugh]

 

 

it doesnt matter if the consumers are sick, coz the bottom line is to earn profit.

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chinese got few thousand yrs of TCM history. dun look down on them.

those ang mo doc go china research abt TCM & they got a shock, alot of things they dun know, TCM already got answer to it.

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bah. Don't give TCM more credit than necessary.

 

TCM did not invent stem cells.

TCM did not invent cloning.

TCM did not invent testtube babies.

and frigging TCM did not invent condoms, viagra, prednisolone, contraceptive pills, glucosamine and did i mention viagra?

 

the list goes on.

 

 

This era of china chinese may have more TCM quacks than you have proper GPs in the collective world.

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u think the boss of the condom recycling factory will care?

 

just take a pair of scissors and snip snip. throw the wet condom, cum and all into colour dye pot. later take out to dry and pack.

 

for all you know, the buyer may be lucky enough to buy a wet pair of rubberbands. [laugh]

 

 

it doesnt matter if the consumers are sick, coz the bottom line is to earn profit.

 

Wah lidat is different story... Herepes, Wart sure can transmit (HIV nonetheless is almost 0% chance of transmission this way)

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