SillyBandz.com
Silly Bandz, those colorful and whimsical elastic bracelets that all the kids seem to be wearing, are the year’s big fad. One friend of ours event recently reported seeing a man with a full-arm tattoo – covered in Silly Bandz. And this spring we wrote about how some schools have banned the bands as a distraction. Now some are suggesting the wrist-choking bands could be a health risk for kids.
In the Washington Post’s “The Checkup” blog, Jennifer LaRue Huget and Rob Stein report on recently-voiced concerns that tight Silly Bandz could cut off circulation to your hand. They also note that there’s an issue with Silly Bandz disintegrating in heavily chlorinated public swimming pools. (Read more at WashingtonPost.com, July 16, 2010, “Is that right? Silly Bandz are bad for kids’ health?”)
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