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...

Hair today, gone tomorrow – May 2010

CUMBERLAND — Rhiannon Holler’s salon customers are now being treated to something new. Sure, it’s the same old shampoo, cut and style. But the hair cut off is no longer being trucked to the nearest landfill. Instead, Holler’s clients at Mane Kreations in Bowling Green...
Local hair headed to help clean up Gulf oil spill

Local hair headed to help clean up Gulf oil spill

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,...

Fur balls blot tar balls – May 2010

Dawn Giovannucci often wonders how she can help. This time, she’s doing her part by holding on to something she usually throws away. Ms. Giovannucci, owner of a local dog spa, is collecting the hair and fur that falls to the floor after she grooms a canine,...