MARIBEL
09-04-2008, 03:37 PM
Ewww I just got this on an email....
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS DAUGHTERS, GRAND DAUGHTERS, NIECES, SISTERS STEP DAUGHTERS AND FOR YOURSELF....PLEASE BE CAREFUL OF THE HAIR TIES YOU USE.....THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!!!
Importance: High
GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please pay attention to what you and your daughters, grand daughters, sisters, nieces, etc. are using in their hair. If in doubt. . . Throw them out and buy new products ! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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Pay a little more to save a loved one's health/life.
I checked on Snopes.com (mhtml:{A37761B5-9EFF-4002-92DF-0DDBF403590D}mid://00000595/!x-usc:http://snopes.com/); sad to say, according to them, it's a true story.
DANGEROUS Hair Bands for our Daughters!!!!
Be cautious of hair bands at open markets around the city too – they are probably from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> since they are purchased in bulk very very cheap !!!!
Take a good look before buying hair bands in future – specially like the following kind…..
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image001.jpg
These Hair bands were made from used condoms and threads. That was so disgusting, I would not want to use them!!
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image002.jpg
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image003.jpg
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image004.jpg
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 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 colorful 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 j ust 25 s en (three 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. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> 's manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or <st1:PersonName w:st="on">dan</st1:PersonName>gerous 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.
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[I]Check your kids hair bands and make sure they do not put them in their mouth while trying to plait or tie their
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS DAUGHTERS, GRAND DAUGHTERS, NIECES, SISTERS STEP DAUGHTERS AND FOR YOURSELF....PLEASE BE CAREFUL OF THE HAIR TIES YOU USE.....THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!!!
Importance: High
GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please pay attention to what you and your daughters, grand daughters, sisters, nieces, etc. are using in their hair. If in doubt. . . Throw them out and buy new products ! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Pay a little more to save a loved one's health/life.
I checked on Snopes.com (mhtml:{A37761B5-9EFF-4002-92DF-0DDBF403590D}mid://00000595/!x-usc:http://snopes.com/); sad to say, according to them, it's a true story.
DANGEROUS Hair Bands for our Daughters!!!!
Be cautious of hair bands at open markets around the city too – they are probably from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> since they are purchased in bulk very very cheap !!!!
Take a good look before buying hair bands in future – specially like the following kind…..
..
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image001.jpg
These Hair bands were made from used condoms and threads. That was so disgusting, I would not want to use them!!
..
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image002.jpg
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image003.jpg
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http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/marivarg/image004.jpg
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 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 colorful 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 j ust 25 s en (three 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. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> 's manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or <st1:PersonName w:st="on">dan</st1:PersonName>gerous 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.
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[I]Check your kids hair bands and make sure they do not put them in their mouth while trying to plait or tie their