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MOTHERS OF LITTLE GIRLS BEWARE!

Beware when you are travelling to China or buying from Chinese stores in SA, just try to be careful when you are buying hairbands down the road who knows what it is made [UTF-8?]from??ï¿½

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These Hairbands were made [UTF-8?]fromï¿½used condomsï¿½and threads. That was so disgusting, I would not want anyone to use [UTF-8?]them!!ï¿½
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BEIJING (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 [UTF-8?]Tuesdayï¿½

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 [UTF-8?]said.ï¿½

'These cheap and colourful rubber bands and hair ties sell well ... threatening the health of local people,' it [UTF-8?]said.ï¿½
Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and viruses, it [UTF-8?]said.ï¿½

'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 [UTF-8?]25ï¿½sen (three cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper [UTF-8?]said.ï¿½

A government official was quoted as saying recycling condoms was [UTF-8?]illegal.ï¿½ [UTF-8?]ï¿½

In response, it launched a public relations blitz this summer aimed at playing up efforts to strengthen monitoring systems.

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