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Title: Would Love To Help But!!!
Post by: Henry on May 13, 2010, 06:35:08 AM
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A Stowe hair salon is donating its clippings to a non-profit group that's using it to help clean the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Shortly after the oil rig explosion off the Louisiana coast, Salon Salon began collecting hair and putting it in a bin. The organization, Matter of Trust, is weaving the hair into mats to absorb the oil.

Manager Michelle Sautter says the non-profit has a million pounds of hair from around the country. Sautter plans to send more next week.

"If we can make a difference and are given a very simple opportunity to do so, we'll do it," Sautter said.


http://www.fox44now.com/global/story.asp?s=12471685 (http://www.fox44now.com/global/story.asp?s=12471685)
Title: Re: Would Love To Help But!!!
Post by: Suzy on May 13, 2010, 08:26:47 AM
Here is a link to an amazing, dramatic video, demonstrating the use of hay to gather up the oil in the oil spill.  The video's a bit long, but the results are incredible in an extremely short amount of time!  I don't know what the answer would be after the hay has been removed from the water, but this seems like a no-brainer idea to get the oil out of the water, using organic material.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5SxX2EntEo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5SxX2EntEo)

Suzy
Title: Re: Would Love To Help But!!!
Post by: Shadylane08 on May 13, 2010, 10:08:38 AM
That hay method is pretty impressive!