The Wall Street Journal is reporting that fabric produced from Bamboo often marketed as sustainable and eco, is actually not an earth friendly material. Bamboo fabric used in luxury eco-lines for it’s incredibly soft texture- comparable to silk or cashmere. The F.D.A is currently suing 4 manufacturers for toting their bamboo garments, as “biodegradable.” Learn more about why, after the jump.
“The bamboo used in textiles has to be heavily manipulated to go from stem to store. To create fabric, it’s chopped up and dissolved in toxic solvents—the same process that recycles wood scraps into viscose or rayon. Indeed, bamboo fabric technically is rayon… Bamboo fabric isn’t natural, the FTC said, since it’s a textile developed by chemists. The agency also said the biodegradable and antimicrobial qualities of the plant don’t survive the manufacturing process.”
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