China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands

[Whirlysplat]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071113/thl-china-health-condoms-offbeat-aa1aa08_1.html

 

[Eggyman]

*** 'ed!

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

coming soon from china-

"Bag O' Glass", "Bag O' Vipers", "Bag O' Sulfuric Acid", "Mr. Skin Grafter", "Pretty Peggy's Ear Piercing Kit", "Doggy Dentist", "Chancellor Tron's Secret Police Confession Kit", "Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk", and "Chainsaw Teddybear".

 

[SWAT]

"No Katie, don't suck on that."

 

[tzarinna]

Oh lord, I nearly choked.

 

[Drizzle]

Oh, that does it. All in favor of nuking China?

 

[xXx]

^^^
I wouldn't say that....they might think you mean it.

 

[black_dust]

NO NOT IN MY HAIR!!!

Ha is now *****

 

[AhabTheArab]

told you guys recycling was bad....

 

[SoulManX]

"No Katie, don't suck on that."

 

[Ghostvirus]

 

[Addendum]

Hair bands with hair gel. What will china think of next

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Sometimes i think China would have been better off if their ruling class was still in power.

 

[turtlefocker]

how strange

 

[unstoppable]

that's gross

 

[TNC9852002]

This is why I don't recycle.

-TNC

 

[gap5ewl]

seriously wtf is up with that country? i just read an article about them literally cooking computer parts to obtain gold and copper elements in them to sell and its causing yet another enviromental meltdown.

 

[Showtime]

First their feeding tourists carboard, then they're trying to kill fat U.S kids with lead paint, and now herpes hair bands? Terrorists!

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

The pic in that story with the condom hat...

 

[The Shredder]

That image went thru my mind as well upon reading this headline.

 

[imdaly]

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.
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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.

 

[Drizzle]

Hahahaha...dong.

 

[Memphis Slim]

Oh, that does it. All in favor of nuking China?

That's just trifling and nasty!

 

[DV8]

"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." This is no laughing matter.

 

[Memphis Slim]

WHAT IS THEIR PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!