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"Last week the Federal Trade Commission sent letters to 78 companies warning that they may be breaking the law by labeling and advertising products as bamboo when they are actually made of manufactured rayon fiber. The letters make the retailers aware of the FTC&amp;#039;s concerns so the companies can take corrective steps to avoid Commission action. I first reported about false bamboo claims in the May 2009 issue of Good Housekeeping and have been updating you ever since. In August of 2009, I wrote about the four companies that the FTC fined for false claims about bamboo products. Just this past month, on January 21st, I updated the blog with more comments on bamboo claims on towels, sheets and robes from The Company Store. Be aware that if a T-shirt, sheet, or towel says it&amp;#039;s made from bamboo and is anti-microbial, anti-fungal and in any way superior to other fibers - it is a lot of nonsense. The majority of apparel and home textile products made from bamboo are processed in a chemically intensive manner in which the outcome is rayon fibers. The natural properties of bamboo are all gone. There are a very few products made from &amp;quot;mechanically processed&amp;quot; bamboo, but they are very expensive and do not have the type of look and feel we have come to expect in our garments/home textiles. Check regularly on our Good Housekeeping Blogs for updated information on consumer products that matter to you. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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