Ok, now I have officially heard it all. Used-condom hairbands.

[Zuiderelle]

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/hairband.asp





Oh jeez... :rofl:

Claim: Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.

Status: True.

Example:

<snip>
Origins: In November 2007, news emerged from China that some hair bands manufactured there were found to have been made from recycled condoms. The prophylactic hair ties were discovered in Dongguan and Guangzhou, two cities in the province of Guangdong. (The colorful hair bands were believed to have been manufactured in Jinhua, a city in the province of
Zhejiang.) The "secret ingredient" came to light when a young woman in Dongguan thought to investigate the hair bands given to her in a local salon after one began to fray, revealing an unexpected color inside.

"The hair bands are swathed in colorful wool-like materials," said Ms. Chen, the woman who found the condoms. "But a small part came loose when I used the bands to tie my hair up one morning. It looked strange to me because of its different color — not the yellow color we normally see in plastic bands. I peeled deeper and found something that looked like a condom."

Speculation about the issue held that substandard unused condoms (i.e., new prophylactics that had failed to meet quality standards at the condom manufacturing plant where they were produced) were resold to hair band manufacturers as raw materials. It is not clear that, as claimed, some or all of the hair ties' hidden surprises were condoms that had reached their original intended market and been used before being recycled. If the latter case were true, they could serve to spread sexually-transmittable diseases because they might still harbor certain bacteria and viruses.

This had not been the first time rejected condoms had been used to make hairbands. In 2002 the Shanghai Star reported on a case that had surfaced in Qingdao, Shandong Province, after a woman living there discovered that a rubber band she had purchased to tie up her hair had been made from a prophylactic. The bands had been manufactured in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province and were being wholesaled by a couple operating out of Qinyang, Henan Province.

[ThomCat]

1. Holy Shit!

:wow:

Can you imagine catching a sexually transmitted disease from a hairband because they made it from a used condom and didn't even clean and sterilize it first?

:grr:

[rug]

2. What do you have against recycling?

The only other use for an old used scumbag is to nominate it as the Republican presidiential candidate.

[Zuiderelle]

3. He'd be put to better use recycled as hairbands.

[BulletproofLandshark]

4. "Used-condom hairbands"

Strangely enough, my first thought after reading that was "backstage after a Motley Crue concert, circa 1985." :rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. actually the condom bands really do make good headbands and don't tear out your hair

i can vouch for that

[Zuiderelle]

7. As long as they aren't actually used before they become a hairband,

I have no problem with it... otherwise... I am very grateful to have short hair right now. :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. i am trying to block out the used part.

curse you for posting this

[Zuiderelle]

9. LOL

Sorry :D

[Bucky]

6. Protein rich hair gel included?

ew