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Save your hair for PB oil cleanup
Posted: Jul 5, 2010
In the latest issue of one of my dog journals, there's an article about a place in CA, Matter of Trust, that's collecting dog and human hair to use for helping clean up some of the oil. Makes sense, since hair absorbs oil (which is why we shampoo). They stuff iit in nylon stockings and tie the stockings together. Hair salons and pet groomers would be a great source for this.
For more information and mailing instructions, their website is <matteroftrust.org>.
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Ooops - I mean BP. nm - Triscuit
[ In Reply To ..]NM
Did you know - Cool huh?
[ In Reply To ..]Aveeda salons always save hair for this?
You can STOP saving hair. - PLEASE
[ In Reply To ..]Saving hair might make you feel that you are doing something for the environment, but it's useless.
The federal agencies in charge of cleanup have asked that you stop saving hair.
"Hair booms" were found to be nearly useless at soaking up oil. Any usefulness they had was counteracted by the fact that they become incredibly heavy just when WET and THEY SINK, causing worse environmental problems.
In other words, they are too difficult to retrieve AND they don't work as well as commercial oil-absorbent products.
Cut hair from salons is also covered in hair products, and the stockings are covered in detergent residue, which dissolve into the water, harming even more wildlife.
Yes, emails tout the wonders of all this hair, and, yes, Aveda salons save hair, but everyone doing a misguided thing doesn't make it any better.
Is saving hair going to harm anything? Well, maybe not, but if it keeps YOU from doing something that is truly useful, then maybe it's not so good.
The thing is that if you think getting your hair cut is doing a good deed, then you are only doing a good deed for hair salons. You're not doing anything for the environment or the animals.
Why not focus your attention on something that is truly useful? Do something that is definitely good . . . here's a suggestion.
How about donating a bottle of Dawn Original dishwashing liquid to a seabird rescue organization?
That is the only detergent they can use on seabirds. It's been in use for years.
If you do not live near one, you can donate to one online. The Suncoast Seabird Foundation in Indian Rocks, Florida, is collecting donations for this purpose. They are a responsible organization with a year-round mission to provide veterinary care for coastal birds, and they do a good job of it. They travel to areas of need in the case of oil spills.
Visit their website to see their list of needed items. If you feel a need to send actual items, then send scrub brushes, paper towels, and toothbrushes (get them from the dollar stores).
Sticking a couple dollars in an envelope and mailing it to them would be better than all your haircuts for a lifetime.
hair "absorbs" oil only to a minimal degree - wiglets and toupets?
[ In Reply To ..]the majority stays put around the hair shaft, THEREFORE hair gets greasy and has to be shampooed out.
Crazy idea to think that this could clean up the oil in the Gulf of Mexico!
It seems this company rather tries to collect human and dog hair to fabricate wiglets and toupets...! Hahaha!
Haha! What a weird idea - see mess
[ In Reply To ..]It would be better to throw
peeled and sliced eggplants
into the oil spill!
They absobs a LOT of oil, especially if it is HOT, like now the oil in the Gulf f Mexico!
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