Condoms In Hair Bands From China – Reported to be Truth!

Hair Bands From China Made From Recycled Condoms- Reported to be Truth!

 
Summary of eRumor:
Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China threatening to spread sexually-transmitted diseases and bacteria.
The Truth:
We have chosen to class this alarming story as “Reported to be Truth!” because it seems to have only one source.  We have not found any additional substantiation.
The article circulated in the eRumor from AFP attributes the story to China Daily newspaper.
China Daily quotes
Guangzhou-based New Express Daily.
So all of the reports are boiling down to the same news source, but we would feel better about the claims if we had other evidence to support it.
The article claims that the used condoms may be spreading the very diseases they were designed to prevent.
The forwarded email is alarming to those who receive it, but the New Express Daily article said that the condom-laced hair bands have been sold only in China in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province.
The article included pictures of some of the hair bands and what appeared to be pieces of condoms inside.  Whether the condoms were actually used ones or not has not been confirmed, but the New Express Daily claims that they are.
The article also warns that the condoms could retain traces of sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS, but experts say that is not the way the HIV virus is transmitted, so the threat of AIDS may have been exaggerated.

updated 08/29/08