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ONG faz coleta de cabelo para limpar óleo no Golfo do México – May 2010
Salões de cabeleireiro e fazendeiros do mundo inteiro estão recolhendo cabelo e pelos de animais para auxiliar a operação de limpeza do petróleo que, há vários dias, vaza de um poço danificado no Golfo do México. A ideia é que o cabelo, colocado dentro de meias de...
Salons, Dog Groomers Collecting Oil-Absorbing Hair
Anyone who has skipped a shampoo knows that hair quickly absorbs oil. That's why area salons and pet grooming businesses are collecting it to help clean up the massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Animal House in Kronenwetter is saving furry scraps leftover after a...
Donate your dog’s hair to help clean up the BP oil spill – May 2010
The Pink Dog Parlor, located at 629 Plank Road in Clifton Park, wants to donate your dog’s hair to help soak up the oil spill along the Gulf coast. Owner Michelle Kennedy said the doggie salon has begun saving all the hair from your pets, which will be shipped to oil...
Groomed dogs aid oil spill cleanup – May 2010
Lisa Scarbrough wants your pet's fur. And she'll take the hair off your head, too, if you're getting it cut. The animal advocate and founder of Coastal Pet Rescue is spearheading a local effort to collect pet fur and human hair for use in the oil spill cleanup in the...
Friends of Lighthouse Field collects hair and fur to help with gulf oil cleanup – May 2010
SANTA CRUZ -- Friends of Lighthouse Field, a group of Santa Cruz dog lovers, has taken on the task of collecting hair and fur from local hair salons and dog groomers to help clean up the oil spilling off the Gulf Coast. The operation was put together by the San...
PETCO donating fur from grooming salons to assist Gulf oil cleanup – May 2010
The forces working to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are receiving aid from an unlikely source: PETCO. On May 7th the company began shipping donations of animal fur from its nationwide network of grooming salons to the Gulf Coast region. The fur is used...
WABB’s Oily Hair Promo – May 2010
DITTMAN Top 40 WABB/MOBILE has teamed up with four local salons to help clean up the oil spill in the GULF OF MEXICO. Listeners are encouraged to get their hair cut at one of the salons before MAY 21st. WABB will collect the "scrap hair" and send it to MATTER OF...
Operation gives new meaning to oily hair – May 2010
Donated tresses and pet fur will be used to absorb Gulf spill Your tresses or even your dog's fur could help mop up the catastrophic oil mess in the Gulf of Mexico. Multiple hair salons and pet grooming studios across Southwest Florida are joining a nationwide effort...
A local haircut could help Gulf Coast oil spill clean up
AUSTIN, Minn. (KTTC-DT) -- If you want to do something to help the Gulf Coast, it could be as easy as getting your haircut. It might sound a little far-fetched, but it turns out human hair is one of the best products for cleaning up oil spills. The owner of...
Waterbury Salon Donates Locks for Oil Cleanup
A Waterbury hair salon is donating locks not to Locks for Love, but to Louisiana to help clean up the Gulf Coast spill. While this idea might have you scratching your head, Shears’ Gallery is one of about 90,000 hair salons nationwide that are sending their trimmings...