Hair Bands

Recognize The Items Below?

They are common hair bands used by females to fix and tie their hair into ponytails. They are sold in "bargain" places, such as, 99 cent stores, swap meets, and flea markets. They are very cheap. They are made mainly in China, where labor costs are quite cheap. Many of today's cheap merchandise are made in China. But do you know what the colorful hair bands are made of?

These cheap hair bands are actually made of used condoms and threads. To prove it, look at the pictures below.

According to the China Daily News, unscrupulous business enterprises in southern China have been found to use "recycled" condoms to make cheap hair bands. Condoms which have been originally designed to protect from sexually-transmitted diseases are now threatening to spread them. These potentially harmful Chinese-made hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in the cities of Dongguan and Guangzhou in Guangdong province in southern China.

The cheap and colorful hair bands sell very well. A bag of 10 hair bands made of the recycled condom sells for about 25 sen (3 cents), but they now pose a threat to the health of the local people since the used condoms could contain bacteria and viruses which could cause AIDS, genital warts, and other diseases if the hair bands or string is held in the mouth while fixing hair into a ponytails or a bun, according to local health authorities.

Like other potentially harmful materials and processes, recycling condoms is actually illegal in China. Recently, the Chinese manufacturing industry's image has been tarnished by scandals involving the use of shoddy and dangerous materials in the manufacture of goods for both domestic and foreign markets. The Chinese government has launched a public relations blitz in an effort to assuage the public and to assure people that laws are going to be strictly enforced and monitoring systems are in place.

Check the hair bands which your teenage daughter uses, and make sure that she does not put them in her mouth while trying to tie her hair.

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Source Snoops