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Bayview Corner salon donates hair for oil spill – May 2010

Water and oil don’t mix. But oil and hair do. Brittney DeMartini, owner of La Salon Bella at Bayview Corner, has joined a growing army of clippers across the country who are sending out boxes of shorn locks to help clean up the massive oil spill off America’s southern...

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SILive – The doo wop that they do so well for charity

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Third Annual Doo Wop Night to raise funds for the Staten Island Alzheimer’s Foundation is set for June 13 at 2 p.m. at Memory Lane, the foundation’s headquarters, located at 789 Post Ave. in West Brighton. CONTINUE READING...   SILive,...

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Students collect ‘Hair Fur Oil’ on SOU campus – May 2010

Makeshift barber shop draws donors — and their pets, too The hair and fur will be shipped to Matter of Trust, a nonprofit group that stuffs the material into donated nylons and makes them into booms that surround, contain and soak up the oil and are later broken down...

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Oil cleanup company is not using collected hair -May 2010

OMAHA — Hair today, Gulf tomorrow? Salons across Omaha are clipping and saving bags and boxes of hair as part of a nationwide drive to help soak up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. One problem: The company at the center of the massive cleanup effort in the...

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Head shave appeal to save environment – May 2010

One hair salon in Cardiff is appealing for people to shave their heads to mop up spilt oil Johnsons Hairdressers on Cathays Terrace are inviting people to shave their heads to protect the environment. The hair salon is taking part in the Hair Today Gone Tomorrow...

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Get a Gulf cut – May 2010

Southern Oregon University's Ecological Center of the Siskiyous is encouraging locals to get a haircut and send their locks to a nonprofit that's making oil-absorbing booms using the hair. By Hannah Guzik Posted May. 20, 2010 at 2:00 AM Today marks the one-month...

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Hair of the dog helps tackle oil spill – May 2010

THE hair of the dog has long been touted as a fool-proof remedy, but it has never been used to deal with a multi-million-barrel oil slick. Now three dog-groomers from south Oxfordshire are bagging up the trimmings from their canine clients and sending them to the Gulf...

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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...

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