Having just recieved some lovely new bamboo breast pads I started wondering exactly how the processed fibres of a plant could be 'antibacterial'. A quick google and I discovered that although bamboo plants have antibacterial properties the chemical processes used to turn it into fabric are so harsh that nothing even vaguely antibac is left. Basically the cellulose is extracted and made into fibres which are....rayon, and would be the same whatever plant the cellulose came from.
So thats why my bamboo socks are still so soft .
Have we all fallen for a 'greenwash'?
I'd really like to be told this isn't true!