Beware when you are travelling to China
Just try to becareful when you are buying hairbands
down the road who knows what it is made from??
These Hairbands were made from used condoms and threads.
That was so disgusting,
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,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.
'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.
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. 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.
wht are they doing..yakhhh