In 2006 50,000 gallons of industrial fuel leaked from a tanker when it sank off the central island of Guimaras, which is next to the Philippines.

This affected over 40,000 people and 120 miles of coastline, forcing families to flee because of the overwhelming stench and high levels of hydrogen sulfide (which can poison the central nervous system), benzene (can damage bone marrow and lead to anemia) and toluene (can lead to respiratory problems).

So what did the people of the Philippines use to clean up the oil spill? Human hair!

And what better place to get hair from humans who don’t really need it than a maximum security prison.

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