Shown: South West Trading Company Bamboo yarn
Turns out bamboo is luckier than you thought! In its natural state, bamboo has no need of pesticides because, among its other qualities, it possesses a unique antibacterial bio-agent called "bamboo kun." When bamboo is spun into fiber, even after as many as 50 washings, it maintains its antibacterial and antiviral — even deodorant — properties; it has actually be proven to resist the types of bacteria that cause both staph infections and pneumonia. As if all that weren't enough, bamboo kun is much less likely to cause skin allergies than chemical antimicrobial agents that are sometimes added to fibers.
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