China Recycling Used Condoms as Cheap Hair Bands

China Recycling Used Condoms as Cheap Hair Bands

news.yahoo.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

Sheez, is nothing "NASTY" to them.

I mean, who would even have come up with this idea?

The article states that the hair bands could infect people using or touching them with AIDS, genital warts, or other diseases.

Hey, but they're cheap! A bag of 10 sells for 3 cents!

NASTY!

news.yahoo.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

[edit on 30/11/07 by Keyhole]

Guang-dong...Not just the name of the province, but also the name of the ailment arising from using these new hairbands



It just gets funnier the more you read!

[edit on 30-11-2007 by citizen smith]

What more can you expect from the country that brought you SARS?

Don't be surprised if these rubbi-bands make it to your local dollar store.

Wow now instaed of saying''ouch ive got a pulled hair'' they will be saying ''darn i miss one'' The mind boggles If my hairs not done its just not on!! call me nuts but this really tickles my fancy.

I read this post and decided to go tell my better half she was doing her hair in the bathroom and low n behold hse had one in her mouth i could not stop laffing at her responce she gagged and was kinda mad at me revealing this to her as she had thought i was lieing. But in seriosness when are we as americans tell our goverment NO MORE CHINA products..

I was just talking to my friend about this girl he new in high school and he told me that she used condoms as hair ties. How much of a coincidence is THAT? haha. That is just SNIP disgusting.

Mod edit: Vulgarity and The Automatic ATS Censors


[edit on 1-12-2007 by sanctum]

That's called "synchronicity"

[edit on 1-12-2007 by sanctum]

Alright, well I wasn't JUST talking to him about it. A couple hours ago, I'd say. Thanks for the correction though, I couldn't think of a better word.

I humbly beg to differ..it is called "coincidence"....

[edit on 1-12-2007 by sanctum]

SNIP That's what I thought. Oh well, you're cool for agreeing. haha

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[edit on 1-12-2007 by sanctum]

I swear the Chinese people are sick in the head. And the cheapest people that I can think of. Making money from there used items like that. Whats next dirty diapers?

Hilda

I've also heard people in china uses rat meat to export to other countries, that's to make it look like a chicken instead of selling real ones.

Ew.

[edit on 30-12-2007 by TheoOne]

The link to the story seems to be down, but IMHO this is a fake story. A number of false reports have come out of China on all sorts of things and this seems to me to be one of them.

People in China are not as backwards as some would like you to believe.
Just my two cents.

reply to post by Terapin

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Could you please elaborate how would this be a fake story? Can you provide me the example links of false reports that you claim they are? How would you know they're "false reports"?

Thanks

[edit on 30-12-2007 by TheoOne]

I suppose the advantage to these would be they become non-slip?

This is sick, really, but where do they get them? Is there a single disposal assigned to condoms there?

There was a fake story posted on ATS not so long ago about buns being made out of cardboard. It turned out that it was a spot of fanciful journalism.

I think they shot the guy that wrote it.

It also wouldn't surprise me if this was some dis-info to get more people off Chinese made goods...

Problem is EVERYTHING is made in China!!

Monkey

Cardboard Bun Thread

You don't need the government to do it, vote with your wallet.

If Americans stopped looking for the cheapest crap they can get from Walmart and other retailers you would force them to change their inventory. If you buy US made goods you provide Americans with jobs and reduce imports of junk like lead painted toys.

Look at the label before you open your wallet.

reply to post by TheoOne

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I Believe it is false for a few reasons, the first being common sense. Think about it... How would one go about collecting USED condoms in the first place??? I could see perhaps recycling condoms that failed in manufacturing BEFORE leaving the plant, but collecting used ones??? It just isn't financially practical.

Second, the news link is no longer up. This might mean that it was pulled for being bogus. I could not locate another credible source.

Third, as mentioned previously, there have been other false reports about business practices in China, some even appeared here on ATS. People sometimes believe in the oddest stories without taking time to consider it's veracity.

And Finally, Having just returned from China, I believe I can state that in my personal experience no one there is that stupid to try such a thing. Hair bands are extraordinarily cheap and easy to make, and attempting to collect used condoms for such a purpose is absurd. Chinese people are neither so poor nor so stupid to want to buy such an item. Quality hair bands can be bought very cheaply quite easily in any city, town, or village. In remote tribal areas the locals make their own style of hair bands and wouldn't need to buy them from some filthy factory.

I chalk this item up to a poorly executed urban myth. Perhaps you can point me to a verifiable news source that can confirm the story. All there seems to be out there is the retelling of a supposed China Daily news item, but with no actual sources to check. My guess is that this all started from Clothing decorated with condoms seen at the 4th China Reproductive Health New Technologies and Products Expo in Beijing. Recycled rubber goods have been used for a variety of purposes but claiming that they were condoms used for sexual purposes, and then turned into hair bands has yet to be proven clearly.

[edit on 4/1/08 by Terapin]

[edit on 4/1/08 by Terapin]

Whats the big deal here?

If the condoms are cleaned then why not use them for something else?

This global throwaway mindset is BS. Good, I would use them.

We should really be trying to recycle everything and re use everything.

NEW! Hairbands with added protien

oh edit to add...for those saying it is disgusting. Condoms do not break down in the sewer. Generally people throw them down the toilet.
In Australia we have hygiene disposal bins for womans products in toilets.

My old house had a bio cycle. You could not throw anything down the toilet. If you did it would stay in there and you would eventually have to pay someone to empty it and clean it out = costing you thousands of dollars.

Oh its so disgusting but anyone who uses them just flushes them?
That is lazy and irresponsible.



[edit on 4-1-2008 by Thurisaz]