When we had animals come up to our shelter after Katrina, we damned sure gloved and gowned up and washed them a few times over with Dawn.

That sh*t is awesome for getting toxic crap off of animals without killing them.

And it makes 'em smell nice, too.

Damn capitalists.

/Just kidding, this is awesome. We always find what wroks.

This IS a repeat from 1989.

R.I.P. Rae Dawn Chong

\Wrong thread???

Bonus.. Dawn can usually be purchased on the cheap.. at a dollar store.
It has always seemed to be the most effective to me, and the cheapest. I hope this doesn't drive up the price.. :(

I love how they fit in the comment from the Seventh Generation soap guy..."but but, their soaps uses oil, the very stuff we're trying to clean up...waaah"

/I bet those Magic Erasers would work, they do for everything else

Barakku: Damn capitalists.

/Just kidding, this is awesome. We always find what wroks.



Apparently not all capitalists have found spell check. :)

MaudlinMutantMollusk: It's softens hands while you do pelicans

/you're soaking in it


Winnar. Thread over.

I work on my bicycles, and even build a few. Pain undiluted Dawn works better then Lava soap to get the grease out of my hands, specially under the fingernails.

EvilEgg: Aha! It wasn't environmentalist that sabotaged the rig, it was Proctor & Gamble. I bet this is driving sales way up.

Actually P&G often donates a lot of Dawn to incidents like this. in return they get free publicity and they can do a fun commercial on how Dawn gets out the toughest stains and saves marine mammals. They donated a lot of stuff to the push to clean up the River Rouge.

Joao: Pain undiluted Dawn

Cleans your hands, but hurts like a biatch.

ftfa: What the company doesn't advertise - and these days is reluctant to admit - is that the grease-cutting part of the potion is made from petroleum.

I wonder if BP is the supplier for P&G...

/tinfoil hat, etc.

sboyle1020: Joao: Pain undiluted Dawn

Cleans your hands, but hurts like a biatch.

Hehehe. Never trust a spell checker. ;-)

Aha! It wasn't environmentalist that sabotaged the rig, it was Proctor & Gamble. I bet this is driving sales way up.

Post oil disaster, Dawn does have, by accident, the most compelling ad campaign around. They were already advertising that $1.00 from each purchase went to clean up of wildlife, with cute little duckies and stuff getting soaped up and cleaned off. Now the ads have obvious resonance. Amazing case of right campaign, right time.

Just a heads up for anyone who purchases the specially marked bottles of Dawn hoping that they are donating a dollar with their purchase: You have to 'activate' your donation online with your receipt number for the donation to be made. It's not automatic like most 'buy this and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds' products.
It's still a good thing, but I'd bet most people either don't know or don't bother taking the extra step to ensure the money is being donated.
TMYK.

It was a long long long long time ago, but don't put it on your johnson. Put it on your marine birds, but don't put it on your marine mammal.

I was about to lay a bet on just having awesome PR (donate a bunch of soap, put out a shiat-ton of ads about the soap being used)...

but a week or two ago NPR had a wildlife expert who said that for decades they've tried every soap there is, and Dawn is still the best for that particular job.

So now I'm wondering if Dawn and the solar-panel industry sabotaged the rig for their own benefit...

/tinfoilhat

Dawn saves the day again. We had a tanker truck full of animal fat wreck on a highway here in Cincinnati, and the fat was so slippery that it continued to cause accidents for months despite cleanup attempts.

P&G donated a crapload of Dawn to clean it up, and after a weekend of cleaning with Dawn that stretch of roadway was fixed and free of excessive accidents.

/cool story bro

I use Dawn because they donate money to causes which are in line with my interests. I also like their commercials.

1lastcall: Just a heads up for anyone who purchases the specially marked bottles of Dawn hoping that they are donating a dollar with their purchase: You have to 'activate' your donation online with your receipt number for the donation to be made. It's not automatic like most 'buy this and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds' products.
It's still a good thing, but I'd bet most people either don't know or don't bother taking the extra step to ensure the money is being donated.
TMYK.

That's shadier than "1% of the proceeds will be donated up to $5,000".

"Remember how they said there was no way to clean up the gulf? Well, Doom found a way. Turpentine, acetone, benzene. He calls it 'The Dip.'"

madmann
This IS a repeat from 1989.

This - remember the Exxon Valdez?

StreetlightInTheGhetto: 1lastcall: Just a heads up for anyone who purchases the specially marked bottles of Dawn hoping that they are donating a dollar with their purchase: You have to 'activate' your donation online with your receipt number for the donation to be made. It's not automatic like most 'buy this and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds' products.
It's still a good thing, but I'd bet most people either don't know or don't bother taking the extra step to ensure the money is being donated.
TMYK.

That's shadier than "1% of the proceeds will be donated up to $5,000".

Dawn's program is 'up to $500,000'. So that just reaffirms that not everyone is aware of or follows up on the activation of their donation. I'm sure more than 500,000 bottles of the stuff has sold.

I'm really farking confused. I thought we used Dawn on the last oil spill cleanup. I could have sworn this has been in the news before 5-10 years ago.

Excuse me, dumb person with a question here...

So, I understand the importance of cleaning the birds and other marine life, and Heaven bless those people down there doing the cleanup work... but my question is, what do they do with the animals after they've been cleaned? Are they released in... like, a different, less oily ocean? I mean, what if the birds just go diving right back in to the plume?

/stupid questions deserve stupid answers
//do your worst
///not a troll, not a conservative. just curioso

1lastcall 2010-06-22 12:42:52 PM
Just a heads up for anyone who purchases the specially marked bottles of Dawn hoping that they are donating a dollar with their purchase: You have to 'activate' your donation online with your receipt number for the donation to be made. It's not automatic like most 'buy this and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds' products.
It's still a good thing, but I'd bet most people either don't know or don't bother taking the extra step to ensure the money is being donated.
TMYK

I had no idea. Thank you for the information.

Aidan: I'm really farking confused. I thought we used Dawn on the last oil spill cleanup. I could have sworn this has been in the news before 5-10 years ago.

It's been in Dawn commercials for years. Don't know what's new.

mattso: Excuse me, dumb person with a question here...

So, I understand the importance of cleaning the birds and other marine life, and Heaven bless those people down there doing the cleanup work... but my question is, what do they do with the animals after they've been cleaned? Are they released in... like, a different, less oily ocean? I mean, what if the birds just go diving right back in to the plume?

/stupid questions deserve stupid answers
//do your worst
///not a troll, not a conservative. just curioso

They are kept in captivity for as long as it takes them to become self reliant again ... have to pass certain 'tests' and if they do pass, they are subsequently released into an area deemed far enough away from oil spill as to have no effect on their survival.

On the home front about Dawn, my family found out on Saturday that, when mixed with hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, it helps immensely with getting the stink of skunk spray off of a dog.

/dear god that was a terrible morning

1lastcall: They are kept in captivity for as long as it takes them to become self reliant again ... have to pass certain 'tests' and if they do pass, they are subsequently released into an area deemed far enough away from oil spill as to have no effect on their survival.

Ahhh, that makes sense. Science, it's great! Thank you.

xynix: 1lastcall: StreetlightInTheGhetto: 1lastcall: Just a heads up for anyone who purchases the specially marked bottles of Dawn hoping that they are donating a dollar with their purchase: You have to 'activate' your donation online with your receipt number for the donation to be made. It's not automatic like most 'buy this and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds' products.
It's still a good thing, but I'd bet most people either don't know or don't bother taking the extra step to ensure the money is being donated.
TMYK.

That's shadier than "1% of the proceeds will be donated up to $5,000".

Dawn's program is 'up to $500,000'. So that just reaffirms that not everyone is aware of or follows up on the activation of their donation. I'm sure more than 500,000 bottles of the stuff has sold.

The reason you have to activate it is because P&G (Dawn) doesn't own the bottle of soap you purchase in Kroger or wherever. Kroger owns that bottle of soap now. The only way P&G knows that you now own the bottle of soap is by registering it. There is nothing shady about it..

I don't think there is anything shady about it ... I was merely hoping to spread the word so that people can make certain to go online and activate their donation. I know I bought several bottles before I read the fine print and figured out I needed to register my receipt number.

brandied: madmann
This IS a repeat from 1989.

This - remember the Exxon Valdez?

Oh hell, no. No one even remembers the lessons that the Exxon Valdez taught us:

Alaskans can't pronounce Mexican names.

xynix 1lastcall: StreetlightInTheGhetto: 1lastcall: Just a heads up for anyone who purchases the specially marked bottles of Dawn hoping that they are donating a dollar with their purchase: You have to 'activate' your donation online with your receipt number for the donation to be made. It's not automatic like most 'buy this and we'll donate a portion of the proceeds' products.
It's still a good thing, but I'd bet most people either don't know or don't bother taking the extra step to ensure the money is being donated.
TMYK.

That's shadier than "1% of the proceeds will be donated up to $5,000".

Dawn's program is 'up to $500,000'. So that just reaffirms that not everyone is aware of or follows up on the activation of their donation. I'm sure more than 500,000 bottles of the stuff has sold.

The reason you have to activate it is because P&G (Dawn) doesn't own the bottle of soap you purchase in Kroger or wherever. Kroger owns that bottle of soap now. The only way P&G knows that you now own the bottle of soap is by registering it. There is nothing shady about it..

Came here to say that. This is how they know that the bottle has been sold, otherwise they have to rely on retailers to provide the information, something which only happens weeks, and sometimes months, later.

mattso: Excuse me, dumb person with a question here...

So, I understand the importance of cleaning the birds and other marine life, and Heaven bless those people down there doing the cleanup work... but my question is, what do they do with the animals after they've been cleaned? Are they released in... like, a different, less oily ocean? I mean, what if the birds just go diving right back in to the plume?

/stupid questions deserve stupid answers
//do your worst
///not a troll, not a conservative. just curioso

They'll go to zoos and sanctuaries first and live comfortable lives. Some will be kept at these locations just until the disaster is cleaned up.

If Dawn is so great, then why is it that 99 percent of rescued birds die in a few weeks, anyway?