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Leeds hair to be used to mop up US oil spill – May 2010
A Leeds hairdresser is at the cutting edge of plans to save the Gulf Of Mexico from environmental disaster. Human hair from a Headingley salon is being used to mop up the damage caused by a ruptured oil well which threatens to spill over and destroy the coastline in...
Staunton Business Helping with Gulf Oil Cleanup
Scientists say the threat of oil moving from the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and beyond is great. There are some local businesses pitching in to help stop the flow. The Hair Cuttery in Staunton jumped on board Tuesday, donating all its hair clippings to Matter of...
Weatherford hair helps soak up oil spill – May 2010
Say what? How can boxes of leftover hair come to the aid of one of the worst U.S. oil spill in history? The answer is, hair absorbs natural skin oils, that’s why we wash it. So why not petroleum? It’s really not such a hair-brained idea. Weatherford Sport Clips...
Oil spill could be ‘hairy’ situation – May 2010
For several weeks, Americans have watched anxiously as oil leaking from the catastrophic explosion of a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico edges closer and closer to the Louisiana coast. The oil spill began with an explosion and fire April 20 on the Deepwater Horizon...
ctpost – Hair raising: Local salons aid in oil cleanup
A group of local hair salons is doing its part to help clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And they're doing it one strand at a time. CONTINUE READING... ctpost, May 14th, 2010 ...
MSNBC – Your help wanted: The hair boom story
“Hair finally starts arriving after clogging up the postal system. Amanda Bacon’s first Boom B Q in Alabama.” Photo: Matter of Trust This story needs your help, please. Yesterday, we reported that the Deepwater Horizon Response team isn’t using those hair mats or...
MSNBC – Hair booms piling up around the Gulf, unused and ready
Making hair booms in Mobile. Photo courtesy of Amanda Bacon Thanks, everyone, who helped with finding out more about those hair booms or mats folks are donating clippings for to help protect the Gulf Coast. BP says its responders aren’t using the hair booms because...
Haircut today, greener tomorrow – May 2010
Bad news continues to flow more than three weeks after a massive oil-rig explosion 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, fueling collective senses of not just dread but frustration. Yet many Americans looking for a way to help counter this environmental (and economic)...
Pet groomer collects fur, hair to use on oil spill – May 2010
MERRIMACK – Jack’s pretty doggone psyched about the nice haircut he got last week. The handsome yellow Labrador from Henniker was trimmed down, his blonde coat shiny and short. Perfect for spring. Little does Jack know that his shed fur – which ordinarily would end up...
Barber Brandon Leon snips hair to aid Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup – May 2010
By Robert Janjigian Daily News Fashion Editor When island barber Brandon Leon heard about efforts in Delray Beach to collect human and animal hair for use in making naturally oil-absorbant mats and booms that would aid in cleaning up the Gulf Oil spill, he thought...