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Combing the depths: Local stylists gather hair to help clean up oil in Gulf – May 2010
Hair stylists in Middle Georgia are sweeping up hair that will be used to soak up the spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Donators are part of a larger project organized by Matter of Trust, a charity organization operating out of San Francisco. Matter of Trust...
Hairy Situation
OILY STRANDS: In light of the recent and tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Van Michael Salon is collecting and donating hair to help in the cleaning efforts of the spill. Instead of throwing the extra hair away from a haircut, they are saving it and donating it...
Dog groomer sends pet hair to fight oil spill – MAY 2010
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - A northern Ontario pet groomer is donating all the shop's cut dog hair to create mats to help soak up the oil in the Gulf Coast. The hair from Doggie Styles Pet Grooming in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., was previously bagged up and sent to the...
Group collecting hair from Midlands salons for Gulf Coast cleanup
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - BP has accepted a boom made from human hair collected from Columbia salons to help with the oil spill clean up, the environmental group Matter of Trust announced Wednesday. More than a dozen Midlands salons have already pledged donations to the...
Scotch Plains Salon Aiding Gulf Oil Spill Clean-up – May 2010
Strut Your Cut is collecting hair clippings that will help soak up the millions of gallons of crude that has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20. This month at Scotch Plains hair salon Strut Your Cut, "Your haircut's a lifesaver," says manager Kelly...
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 ...