China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands

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"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 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."

In pursuit of money, they (Chineeeese) have got to be some of the most immoral/amoral people in the world.


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11/13/2007 8:10:26 PM

i would expect this shit from anyone if they thought that they could get away from it

11/13/2007 8:13:53 PM

what's right with the chinese amirite?

11/13/2007 8:13:53 PM

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"In pursuit of money, they (Chineeeese) have got to be some of the most immoral/amoral people in the world."

think about that one more time. i mean, really ? .... are you really going to say this ?

11/13/2007 8:15:28 PM

Wow, just wow. Evolution just took a huge step backwards.

11/13/2007 8:15:39 PM

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"gave only his surname, Dong"

That's about right

11/13/2007 10:53:33 PM

when you're trying to keep 1Billion + people alive you tend to do so messed up things
i wonder how long the world can support 6 billion people?

11/13/2007 10:55:53 PM

they're going to take us the fuck over.

11/13/2007 10:56:44 PM

how the fuck do they collect USED condoms. I call bullshit.

11/13/2007 10:58:34 PM

you only rent condoms there - you have to put down a deposit and give them back when you're done

11/13/2007 11:03:05 PM

in china someone just made a thread

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"WTF is wrong with the yankee doodle they dont recycle their condoms "

11/13/2007 11:06:07 PM

^^^well said
^^^^very well said

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11/13/2007 11:50:00 PM

Haha, we talked about this in my political science class today. Those thrifty chinese. Apparently they were digging them out of the trash can, and buying them off of brothels and such.

11/13/2007 11:51:44 PM

This has gotta be from the Onion or something. This gave it away:

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"the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong, as saying."

11/13/2007 11:54:45 PM

Here's a yahoo link: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/071113/health/china_health_condoms_offbeat

11/14/2007 12:01:47 AM

sorry forgot to give the link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071113/hl_afp/chinahealthcondomsoffbeat



this is scandalicious too:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_he_me/herbal_sex_pills



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11/14/2007 5:24:09 AM

^^^ I dont know if that gives it away. There is a chinese girl in my grad program named Lemon Wang

11/14/2007 6:42:13 AM

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"In pursuit of money, they (Chineeeese) have got to be some of the most immoral/amoral people in the world."

whoa. there is just too much irony in that statement for me to handle.

11/14/2007 7:30:41 AM

wow, just wow

this is pretty insane

11/14/2007 9:55:16 AM

bttt

11/14/2007 7:36:57 PM

dong

11/14/2007 7:38:50 PM

typo dong

11/14/2007 7:39:16 PM