bamboo

If you've bought a wonderfully smooth, silky feeling piece of clothing supposedly made from environmentally-friendly bamboo -- chances are you've been duped. More than six dozen companies -- including some of the nation's biggest retailers -- are being warned by the Federal Trade Commission to...

Bamboo? Who knew?Well, consumers in Asia did, and probably plenty of fashion-conscious shoppers in America knew all about the benefits of bamboo fabric, but I sure didn't. Clothes made out of bamboo are supposedly environmentally friendly because its one of the fastest growing plants, and you don't...