As of yesterday, May 7, 2010, the size of the oil spill was compared to the size of Puerto Rico which is roughly 3,850 square miles. Oil is leaking at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day and the first traces of oil on land were found on the uninhabited Free Mason islands,...
Taking a bit off the top of Gulf oil spill WATERBURY — What began as a Friday afternoon haircut for Linda Friez at her longtime beauty salon, Shears’ Gallery, turned into an unexpected act of recycling that could save Gulf Coast beaches and wildlife. The...
The freshly clipped hair falling unceremoniously to the floor at the Verbena Salon Friday may soon be used to sop up the crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. The St. Philip Street salon is one of many all over the country that donates cut hair to a national...
POTSDAM — A hair salon owner on Maple Street in the village is looking for other area beauticians and barbers willing to collect customer trimmings as part of a national effort to use human hair to sop up the growing oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. Sara J....
Now that’s thinking with your head. Salons all over the country are collecting hair clippings and sending them down south to use in oil booms that protect the Gulf Coast. Some 400,000 pounds of human hair and animal fur collected by charity groups will be...