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China recycling used condoms as hair bands: report
« on: Nov 27th, 2007, 9:18pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20071113-3 6172.html  
 
Tue, Nov 13, 2007
The Straits Times
 
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
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Re: China recycling used condoms as hair bands: re
« Reply #1 on: Nov 27th, 2007, 9:35pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong.

 
 :laff: :rofl:
 
I bet I can guess what his first name is. Wink
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« Reply #2 on: Nov 27th, 2007, 9:38pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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Re: China recycling used condoms as hair bands: re
« Reply #3 on: Nov 28th, 2007, 10:19am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
What?  They have people going door to door to collect used condoms?  This story sounds bogus to me.
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« Reply #4 on: Nov 28th, 2007, 10:57am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Don't viruses die when exposed to environment?
 
So I Googled and no, the HIV doesn't survive outside the body.  
 
But still!!! Recycling used condoms?? It reminds me of a joke...
 
Ok, Googled it too lol.
 
 
(WARNING THIS MAY BE DISGUSTING!)
 
US NAVY-(chewing bubble gum) in United States those four sided parts of the bread are not eaten.
FILIPINA-WhyHuh
US NAVY-Well,We put it in a recycle bin and make biscuits from it and send it to the Philippines.
FILIPINA-(a little irked) ahhh!!..wi du da seym ting!!(we do the same thing)..
US NAVY-really??How??
FILIPINA-In the PHILIPPINES We do not throw USED CONDOMS.
US NAVY-HahHuhWhyHuh??
FILIPINA-We make bubble gums from those,and send it to United States.
US NAVY-PWAAAAA!!!!
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Re: China recycling used condoms as hair bands: re
« Reply #5 on: Nov 28th, 2007, 12:56pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
on Nov 27th, 2007, 9:18pm, Genius wrote:
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20071113-3 6172.html  
 
Tue, Nov 13, 2007
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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.
 
 
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.
 

 
Hmmm,  
 
. . . If they can get the "lead" out and recycle those, I wonder why they're having so much trouble getting the lead out of their paint.
 
 :laff: :wink3:
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Re: China recycling used condoms as hair bands: re
« Reply #6 on: Nov 29th, 2007, 12:27am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
on Nov 28th, 2007, 10:57am, JP wrote:
Don't viruses die when exposed to environment?
 
So I Googled and no, the HIV doesn't survive outside the body.  
 
But still!!! Recycling used condoms?? It reminds me of a joke...
 
Ok, Googled it too lol.
 
 
(WARNING THIS MAY BE DISGUSTING!)
 
US NAVY-(chewing bubble gum) in United States those four sided parts of the bread are not eaten.
FILIPINA-WhyHuh
US NAVY-Well,We put it in a recycle bin and make biscuits from it and send it to the Philippines.
FILIPINA-(a little irked) ahhh!!..wi du da seym ting!!(we do the same thing)..
US NAVY-really??How??
FILIPINA-In the PHILIPPINES We do not throw USED CONDOMS.
US NAVY-HahHuhWhyHuh??
FILIPINA-We make bubble gums from those,and send it to United States.
US NAVY-PWAAAAA!!!!

 
 
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Re: China recycling used condoms as hair bands: re
« Reply #7 on: Nov 29th, 2007, 8:55pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Wow, this is so cool. I wonder what's next. *sarcastic*
 
But actually in Singapore, we recycle human waste into clean water as consumption.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWater
 
I still find it ewww.
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« Reply #8 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 3:40am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I really do not want to know what a lot of those 'recycled' items originally were.
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« Reply #9 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 5:29pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
HIV dies outside the body; however, Hepatitis B can live for up to 2 years outside the body.. Sad
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« Reply #10 on: Nov 30th, 2007, 5:41pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
How do you recycle a condom?
 
Turn it inside out and shake the  [HIDDEN]out of it.  Wink
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« Reply #11 on: Dec 1st, 2007, 12:12am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Eww...
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« Reply #12 on: Dec 4th, 2007, 8:35am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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« Reply #13 on: Dec 10th, 2007, 8:34am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
We call the NEWater as the shit water.
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« Reply #14 on: Dec 10th, 2007, 8:45am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Well, if you guys don't like NEWater, then you should just call it EWWater.
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