"Until further analysis and verification can be documented about bamboo (and labeling changed), it might be wise to stick with standards like wool and organic cotton battings (which are grown without pesticides) that have been tested, confirmed and are widely available. Cotton is a renewable, sustainable resource, proven a thousand times over in generations of quilts. If cotton was good enough for my grandmother’s grandmother, it’s good enough for me!"
a lot of things were good enough for my grandmother's grandmother and mother's grandmother that are definitely not good enough for me! also of my own grandmother, who would have died in russia, and my own mother, who was a naturalized citizen. times change and there are always new products available that weren't available then. when my own mother was a child there were no vaccinations. but would any of you even consider not having your children get no vaccinations at all? also, children did not have to attend high school. was that good enough? not for now. would you give up your rotary cutter and matt? your iron? please get real. that rhetoric definitely sounds a lot better than it is!!
on point ~ just because a product is grown without chemicals doesn't make it green. during the manufacturing process, a green process can be infused with chemicals. it can be bleached, made wrinkle-free, made odor-free or made to smell good. this applies to cotton and wool as well as bamboo. if you want to know exactly what happens to your batting, you have to follow it around from seed (and who knows how that was treated:mouse-proofed) to finished product. and much of it doesn't happen in this country. until the federal trade commission enforces laws that require openness in labeling, nobody will ever know.