Condom hat worn at Chinese Reproductive Health expo

You just can’t make this crap up.

China recycling used condoms as cheap hair bands

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 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 (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.

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.



  1. The Monster's Lawyer says:

    The good ones come with their own hair gel.
    Eeeewwww!

  2. Gary Marks says:

    Here’s a great topic for a sensational exposé:

    How many used Chinese condoms went into the manufacture of your child’s new Christmas toy? The answer may surprise you!

  3. http://tinysig.com/GlobalWarmer says:

    That’s a cool hat, but what in the HELL is wrong with the Chinese?!?

  4. jlm says:

    what the hell.

  5. hhopper says:

    Dr. Dong… great name for a guy who’s warning about used condoms. Where do they get them anyway?

  6. Kucing says:

    “Where do they get them anyway?”

    America

  7. AdmFubar says:

    #3… what is wrong is there are way too many of them… china is trying to thin the herd….

  8. DaveW says:

    Sicko as it is, a few points:

    1. The HIV virus dies almost immediately after leaving the body…temperature is the thing that does it in, IIRC. That’s why you can’t get it from casual contact.

    2. Exactly what kind of recycling are they doing that doesn’t involve the most basic preliminary step of washing the incoming discards? That would deal with the other nasty bugs.

    3.No offense, but aren’t there enough Chinese, I mean people on the planet already? Letting the stupidest kill themselves off in droves would improve the race and the planet.

    4. I’ve never been there, but countless friends and contact tell me that if you’ve ever been in a Chinese public rest room you understand that the Chinese public have no sense of germ theory.

  9. JimR says:

    It also comes as a set.. pearl necklace and matching headband.

  10. The Answer says:

    If I lived in China and had long hair, I’d go to one of their ATV plants and use a rubber O ring gasket before a used condom. Are they just that dumb about hygiene?

  11. Angel H. Wong says:

    #9

    “I’ve never been there, but countless friends and contact tell me that if you’ve ever been in a Chinese public rest room you understand that the Chinese public have no sense of germ theory.”

    Actually, they’re referring to the average male restroom, which everywhere in the world you’ll notice is quite filthy; just check the restrooms at a football stadium or the ones in a Chevron gas station.

  12. OhForTheLoveOf says:

    You just can’t make this crap up.

    Nor should you…

  13. Don Marsh says:

    New meaning for the expression, “dick head”.

  14. Mr. Fusion says:

    My father told me that during WWII the Canadians used to recycle their condoms and give them to the Americans as chewing gum. He and his buddies had to work extra hard to keep up with demand. Apparently this is still done today. BTW, Canadians don’t chew much gum.

  15. Glenn E says:

    It’s probably thought of as another fertility cure. A condon hat improves their sex life. The larger the condoms, the better. And used ones obviously came from someone who was “gettin some”. So their sexual strength is being passed on thru the hat. Well, that’s probably their thinking. But what to you expect for a population of largely ignorant farmers. But with their overpopulation problem. One has to wonder why any of them are wearing these thing on their hats, instead of on where it counts? Is this their idea of Porn? First the Kama Sutra, and then weird balloon hats of the better hung johnnys? Isn’t Playboy and Penthouse allowed in that country? I mean, I don’t expect most of them to have a laptop PC of porn handy 24/7. But a couple issues of anything (even Japanese adult manga), has to be more erotic than a condom hat.

  16. Dan says:

    This story is such ridiculous nonsense. I call urban legend

    How would it ever be cheaper to collect dirty condoms and convert them into hairbands?! Do Chinese people have a red recycling bin that says contraceptives?

    And yes, HIV does not survive outside of the body for very long at all. What kind of dermatologist wouldn’t know that? The kind invented by tabloid reporters. This whole story is very suspect.

  17. woddler says:

    oh. thats delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  18. woddler says:

    wow. im getting a boner about the hair gel thing

  19. ske says:

    Yeah, you COULD just make this stuff up…


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