From the category archives:
A brief follow-up to the FTC – Kmart case regarding Dyna-E International’s Lightload Towel Brand from our previous post “FTC Bamboozles The Public on Bamboo Fabric.” Despite Dyna-E International’s Lab Results to “scientifically substantiate” that their product is in fact biodegradable, the FTC stood their ground on the basis that anything that is disposed of [...]
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A follow-up to our “FTC Bamboozles The Public on Bamboo Fabric” post. Let’s take a closer look at this not so black and white question. Let’s begin with Webster’s definition of biodegradable—“Capable of being broken down especially into innocuous products by the action of living things (as microorganisms).” Suffice it to say…we are dealing with [...]
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The FTC recently accused four companies of making false and/or misleading claims about their bamboo textile products, possibly including bamboo sheets or bamboo clothing. There were three main *violations*, according to the FTC. Here are the FTC’s supposed *truths*: A. “Textile fiber products are not bamboo fiber, but instead are rayon, a regenerated cellulose fiber.” [...]
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