by Leonard Konis

Created on: May 22, 2010

The explosive fire and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling oil platform well (13), estimated pouring into the Gulf of Mexico 210,000 gallons of oil per day.  Currently the U.S. Coast Guard reports four inch tar balls found along the beaches in eastern Alabama and tar balls at South Pass, Louisiana (southern tip) from the spill. 1 

The oil spill threatens the lives of birds, sea otters, and more than 400 other species. "The Gulf's abundant oyster and Shrimping grounds are also in danger of severe damage."

Concerns the oil spill will travel through the Gulf of Mexico loop current into the Florida keys, jeopardizing the coral and marine populations. 2 Also, the Mexican coast line is endanger of the oil spill by August, when gulf currents could move the oil onto their coast line, if the oil is not stopped or captured by containment booms. 3  A non-toxic solution captures the massive oil spill by nylon casings (booms) filled with human and animal hair.   4

Matter of Trust (established in 1998 7) a non-profit organization group in San Francisco co-founders Lisa Craig Gautier and her husband Patrice Olivier Gautier, collects donated human hair and animal fur (ideally shampoo hair of any length 10) from business establishments. 4 

The hair is stuffed into donated nylon pouches (or weaves it into mats 5) as hair booms. The stuffed pouches are dragged along the coast to collect oil spills. Afterwards, the boom is wrung out and used again. 8 

Hanes has donated 50,000 pairs of pantyhose to the organization. Matter of Trust will accept clean used or defective nylon pantyhose. Petco (pet-supply outlet) plans to donate as much as ton of fur clippings per day. 4 

Matter of Trust has received donated clippings of human hair that were swept up off the floors from salons across the country (Including my own hair cut at Hair Cuttery in Plantation Florida). 5 

Among the donated hair participants include Hair Club (95 North American hair restoration centers.), estimated over 500,000 haircuts annually or approximately 2,000 haircuts daily. 7 

Lisa Gautier said: "There are 370,000 hair salons sending hair, 100,000 pet groomers, alpaca and sheep farmers, and other day we had a huge group of transvestites, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who donated their very long nylons." 11  

According to the organization Website Matter of Trust: Twelve

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