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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 on 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 (4 Singapore 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

haruX

lol who want to use? -_-

Zeronos

eeee

so unhygienic

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Huaikong

this 'news' is so old liao.......

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Jodar

Actually, if I'm not wrong, in the process of recycling the rubber stuff, those bacteria and viruses are denatured 'cos the rubber is melted?

Besides, AIDS cannot spread like that la..

g2gcya

but still disgusthing la,china i hate la so filthy,the food oso omg

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gnelak

heard of this before. eeks.

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g2gcya

i hate china to the core,nvr will i be going to china i swear!!

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PinkyTan

YUCKS!!!

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yunise

so irresponsible...

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YNWA

omg........

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dzpliu

OMG!!dont use china products

Im doing the opposite to wad my heart tells me to do.
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candykisses

This is reposted I think.

Anyway just beware of china products, you'll never know what they're made of ...

inle

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Luckily, I only use normal rubber band.

carr0ts

wtf...china everything also can come up with..eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

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CaRe

OMG. That's so dirty.

g2gcya

disgusting

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