4 'buyer beware' facts about clothing and textiles that claim to be made from bamboo.
Nearly three years after it cracked down on marketing claims related to bamboo, the Federal Trade Commission has announcedAmazon.com, Inc.; Leon Max, Inc.; Macy’s, Inc.; and Sears, Roebuck and Co. and its Kmart subsidiaries, Kmart Corporation and Kmart.com, have agreed to pay penalties totaling $1.26 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated the Textile Products Identification Act (Textile Act) and the FTC’s Textile Rules by labeling and advertising products sold in stores and online as made of bamboo, while they actually were made of rayon.
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The FTC's consumer tips include this information about "bamboo" rayon:
- Rayon made from bamboo uses "toxic chemicals in a process that releases pollutants into the air.
- "Extracting bamboo fibers is expensive and time-consuming, and textiles made just from bamboo fiber don’t feel silky smooth."
- "There’s also no evidence that rayon made from bamboo retains the antimicrobial properties of the bamboo plant."
- "No traits of the original plant are left in the finished product."
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