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	FTC Bamboozles Public About Bamboo

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8-21-2009 6:36 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1f20dd54-aac7-45af-a3ce-55e623a395c9/AECF8CCA-1FB9-46DF-B78D-49168F469F25/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/archives/129" href="http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/archives/129" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.greenearthbamboo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/archives/129"><H2 class="entry-title"><A title="Permanent link to FTC BAMBOOZLES PUBLIC ABOUT BAMBOO FABRIC" rel="bookmark" href="http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/archives/129">FTC BAMBOOZLES PUBLIC ABOUT BAMBOO FABRIC</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/archives/129"><P><IMG width="109" height="144" alt="silence" src="http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/bound-227x300.jpg" title="silence" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-136" />The FTC recently accused four companies of making false and/or misleading claims about their bamboo textile products. There were three main *violations*, according to the <A href="http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/08/bamboo.shtm">FTC</A>. Here are the FTC’s supposed *truths*:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.greenearthbamboo.com/archives/129"><P>Let’s start with the first allegation: <EM>Bamboo cannot be a fiber. If bamboo is used to make a fiber, then it must be called <A href="http://ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt160.shtm">viscose/rayon</A> from bamboo.</EM></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AECF8CCA-1FB9-46DF-B78D-49168F469F25/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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