Philippines asks for hair, feathers to soak oil spill (Reuters)

CONCEPCION, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippine Coast Guard appealed on Thursday for chicken feathers and human hair to help sponge up the country's worst oil spill. A tanker chartered by refiner Petron Corp. sank in heavy seas on August 11, oozing about a 10th of its 2 million liter cargo of industrial fuel off the central island of Guimaras, affecting 40,000 people and 200 km (120 miles) of coastline. Petron, in which the Philippine government and Saudi state oil firm Saudi Aramco each have ...