Hairbands made from condoms

HairbandsTake a good look before buying hair bands in future, especially the following kind:

These Hair bands were made from used rejected condoms.

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 colorful rubber bands and hair ties sell well.

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A bag of ten of the recycled bands sells for just 25 S en (three cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper said.

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Note:  The source says they’re potential disease carriers, but if they’re manufacturing rejects and not “used” condoms but unused condoms (as Snopes says) then the disease risks is minimalized.  But still….

3 thoughts on “Hairbands made from condoms”

  1. The priests teach the kids how to make these at our neighborhood Catholic elementary school for boys, but there’s not very many unused ones around.

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