Beware when you are travelling to China. Just try to be careful 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! I would not want to use them!!!    
BEIJING, Nov 13, 2007 (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 sen (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.
 | Is Da For Real? Ewwness... san nmn nila kinukuha ung used condoms? |
 | aaack. one word to describe it: disgusting. :) |
 | wronz wrote on May 25, '08 |
 | marydel wrote on May 25, '08, edited on May 25, '08 thanks for sharing. whoever is doing that is sick, really sick. |
 | ahhhhhh. kakabili ko lang ng mga... |
 | wtf! :o ito na yata ang pinakanakakadiri sa lahat ng mga nakakdiri!!! sana, sana talaga wala ng gagawap pa ng mga ganyan. +_+ |
| Btw Moe, pa-repost/link! :) |
 | thanks for the info. pa-grab. :) |
 | ydnewb wrote on May 28, '08, edited on May 28, '08 Disgusting!!! I hope they will ban them from exporting their products!! |
Comment deleted at the request of the author.  | seriously? we have those! OMG!
I'll try to open it nga.. I'll reply here if nabuksan ko na..
I'll use gloves [of course.] eew. |
| Yes, we have it.
And like, last year pa yata yun eh.
Di ko na nga alam kung nasan ung iba.
eew! OMG. I hope not too. |
| Probably its from China kasi halos lahat ng cheap products, dun naman galing eh..
Na-open ko na.
Thank goodness at rubberband ung nasa loob nung akin.
Thanks for the heads-up though.
I'll link you and post my "reply" to this. |
 | FRIENDS, please repost this in your blogs. :) |
 | that's just plain disgusting. |
 | Yuck!!!!!!!!
Disgusting!
Very unhygienic. |
 | that is F*ckin crazy.. yuck!!! |
 | ..* kadiri aman toh. :-&
mhilig p aman aco bumili nan mha hairbands.
ack!. X____x |
 | kadirir!!!i'll repost this sis ha..?thanks=) |
 | China has a 1-child policy, right? Then the contraceptive business in that country must be HUGE! And so is recycling... |
 | Hi, can i repost this to my blog? let's spread the news, so that everyone one know about this... |
 | This is totally gross...makes me wanna throw up...Thank god, I don't like tying my hair..hahahaha X3 |
 | grabe! mga tao nga nman.. walang magawang matino sa buhay nila.. kahit ano naiisipang gawan ng kalokohan.. tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. |
 | disgusting! sad news though! :( |
 | thanks for the post. di mo akalain yan pala ang laman ng hair band! |
| blossom017 wrote on May 29, '08, edited on May 29, '08 Thanks sis! :) I'm happy yours are clean. :)
Btw, you saw the difference between the hair bands? Yours are thinner... |
 | yucky.. grabe naman un.. very disgusting.. very irresponsible ang manufacturer.. grabe.. tsk tsk.. |
 | disgusting!!! thanks for telling us!!! |
 | at least may gamit pa pala ang used condoms... hehe |
 | pach wrote on May 29, '08 Pwedeng magreact? KADIRE PUNYETA. Nakakasuka. |
 | eeewww....grabe naman..
sis can i link this?
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 | that is soooo ewww. thanks for posting this! |
| Why I posted this?
In case you're in the market for some cheap Chinese hair bands, consider the dangerous consequences. However, this article also demonstrates how poorly even top officials in some countries understand how HIV/AIDS is spread. If the virus could remain active during the entire manufacturing process, we'd all be in a lot more danger than we already are! |
 | Pagrab. I just want to share the info. Thanks. |
| No prob. :) Btw, I couldn't see it coz it's marked private. Hehe. |
 | hi pagrab sis.. i want to share it with others too.. omg! Eeewness! |
 | shacks! and to think that I'm a fanatic.
scary and gRooooossssss... |
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Freaky!!! 