联邦调查局声称“竹子”面料真的是人造丝 2024

联邦调查局声称“竹子”面料真的是人造丝

当您购买由“环保竹子”制成的床单,毯子或衣服时,您会认为您的标签上有什么 – 而不是人造丝织成的。但联邦贸易委员会声称,即使在他们被警告停止之后,四家全国性零售商也做到了这一点.

上周,亚马逊(Amazon.com),梅西百货(Macy’s),西尔斯(Sears)和莱昂斯马克斯(Leon Max)(其作为Max Studio开展业务)同意支付总额为126万美元的民事罚款以解决联邦指控,这些指控标记并宣传用竹纤维制成的纺织品,实际上是人造丝.

美国联邦贸易委员会消费者保护局代理主任查尔斯哈伍德说:“当企图吸引具有环保意识的消费者时,公司需要确保他们不会跨越误导性标签和广告。” “如果纺织品是由人造丝制成的,卖家需要说,即使在生产过程中沿着生产线的某处使用过竹子。”

各种罚款金额,Sears及其Kmart子公司(475,000美元),亚马逊(455,000美元),Macy’s(250,000美元)和Leon Max(80,000美元)均基于销售的商品数量以及公司继续销售错误标签的时间长短2010年初被美国联邦贸易委员会警告停止后的产品.

四家公司都不承认做错了什么。但根据和解协议,他们将被要求确保他们从现在开始销售的竹纺织品的标签和广告准确地显示其纤维含量。美国联邦贸易委员会将监督公司,以确保完成这项工作.

西尔斯控股公司(Sears Holdings Corp.)发言人霍华德•里夫斯(Howard Riefs)在给NBCNews.com的一份声明中说:“我们与联邦贸易委员会合作达成了这项和解,而不是进一步追究诉讼。” “我们继续认真对待这些规定。”

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关于竹纤维的误解

用竹子做的面料可能不像你想象的那样“绿色”.

“没有理由不去购买竹纤维,”国家资源保护委员会清洁设计项目主任琳达格里尔说。 “虽然竹子是环保的,但制造这些纤维需要大量的化学处理。这破坏了竹子的赎回自然特质。“

美国联邦贸易委员会关于“竹子”面料的情况说明书解释说,“没有证据”支持人们认为用竹子制成的人造丝保留了竹子植物的抗菌特性。即使使用竹子制作人造丝,“原始植物的特性也不会留在成品中。”

更多信息:

  • FTC:有关结算的新闻稿
  • NRDC:并非所有竹子都是平等的

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  2. As an AI language model, I do not have a personal opinion on the topic. However, the article discusses how four major retailers in the United States, including Amazon, Macys, Sears, and Leon Max, have agreed to pay a total of $1.26 million in civil penalties to settle federal charges that they falsely labeled and advertised textile products as made from bamboo fiber when they were actually made from synthetic rayon. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claims that these retailers misled consumers who were looking for environmentally friendly products. The article also highlights the misconception that bamboo fiber is always a sustainable and eco-friendly option, as it requires significant chemical processing that can harm the natural properties of bamboo. The FTC will monitor these companies to ensure that they accurately label and advertise their textile products in the future.

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