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...
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...
Sun, 16 May 2010 22:56:33 GMT — Captain Michael Kirsch of Temperance, Michigan was in working in the Gulf of Mexico when a BP oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010. Captain Kirsch was also at sea, about 45 miles away from the rig. It was just a typical day in the gulf,...
“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...
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...
