U.S. Demand for Human Hair Grows, Used in Wigs, Pizza

FoxNews ^

[Scythian]

About 15 tons of it on a recent day, imported from China, neatly pressed into mats and ready to ship to farmers and nursery growers who swear by the horticultural benefits of Blacker's hairy wares.

The mats stored in southern Miami-Dade County are part of a world marketplace for human hair. Uses range from the obvious, such as false eyelashes and wigs, to the more obscure: it's a common raw-material source for l-cysteine, an amino acid frequently used in baked goods such as pizza dough and bagels

[Scythian]

Talk about mass importation of parasites, this is insane, especially with the nematode problem that is ravaging China currently. Now they're using this hair all over the soil near crops, and you can bet these nematodes and other parasites are being widely spread across America.

[Red Badger]

You load 15 tons and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt......

[Dixie Yooper]

Isn’t hair supposed to be mostly protein?

[Scythian]

Hair from China is mostly full of Parasites, honestly, this is just an insane policy ...

[Ramius]

Say... I wonder if they have any Cherokee hair...

[IrishMike]

I was just about to start my 10AM coffee break when you posted this thread.
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I’ll skip it, need to loose a little weight after the holidays anyway.

[Piquaboy]

It is, but I hate it when hair gets caught in my teeth.

[ontap]

Article says it is boiled at 120 degrees. I don’t know how they boil something at 120 degrees unless they’re on top of Mt. Everest.

[Tijeras_Slim]

They’re using those funny Euro degrees.

[Pure Country]

centigrade maybe?

[reagan_fanatic]

I wonder what parts of the body this imported hair comes from?

[Iron Munro]

The hair "is boiled in 120-degree water"

Are there different natural laws and physical phenomenon in China?

[ontap]

By Jove! I think you’ve got it

[Dixie Yooper]

Always a good idea to trim or shave before eating.

[dforest]

Damn, I thought it was piled atop Bill Richardson’s head!

[mysterio]

Water boils at 100 Celsius.

[facedown]

Pressure cooker.

[Thermalseeker]

You load 15 tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt......

Close to owing our soul's to the (Chinese) company store.....

[pipecorp]

“yea, I’d like a large with extra cheese and pepperoni. Oh, can you throw an extra hairball on that for me?”

[Thermalseeker]

Damn, I thought it was piled atop Bill Richardson’s head!

And to think all this time I thought that was a dead cat on 'ole fat Bill's head......