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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 inch of pale blonde locks that salon owner...
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. For more information and video Visit excessaccess.com The St. Philip Street salon is one of many all...
Can human hair and pantyhose save the Gulf? Well, no, it can’t. The oil slickspreading from a damaged drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana is already too massive for any quick fix, no matter how well intended. But the environmental calamity has inspired a...
Thank dilution and the Gulf Stream for keeping oil away The oil that continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico is unlikely to wash up on Georgia’s shores, researchers at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography say. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
