{"id":57970,"date":"2012-10-29T09:18:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T09:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=57970"},"modified":"2012-10-29T09:18:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T09:18:06","slug":"the-hair-trades-dirty-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-hair-trades-dirty-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hair Trade&#8217;s Dirty Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If there&#8217;s one business in Britain that&#8217;s bouncy, it&#8217;s hair extensions \u2013 sales are up to \u00a360m a year and growing. But underneath all that hair there&#8217;s a global tale of exploitation&#8221; the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/profile\/homa-khaleeli\" rel=\"author\">Homa Khaleeli<\/a>\u00a0writes &#8220;Graham Wake is hardly looking at me but one glance is enough. &#8220;I could pay about \u00a375 to \u00a3100 if you had a pixie cut,&#8221; he says briskly. &#8220;If you went for a short bob I&#8217;d give you \u00a340.&#8221; It&#8217;s not often you get paid for a haircut, but Wake&#8217;s business,\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomsburywigs.com\/\">Bloomsbury Wigs<\/a>, now relies solely on hair\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hairharvest.co.uk\/\">sourced<\/a>\u00a0from the heads of women in the UK. Each week 30-40 envelopes stuffed with ponytails arrive at his office. Every day, one or two women visit to have their hair valued, cut off, and restyled. 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