A new report claims that an astounding 95 percent of all products that claim to be green are actually misleading.
The biggest issue, according to the report, is that many products make claims without any real proof, while many others are simply very vague, making it unclear just how they are green. The report, which was conducted by Ottawa-based Underwriters Laboratory of Canada, sampled 34 different stores across both the U.S. and Canada, and looked at 5,296 different products.
Unsurprisingly, the number of products claiming to be green has risen over the past year, growing by 73 percent. But the news isn’t all bad as the number of accurately labelled green products is on the rise, if only slightly. In 2009 two percent of products made accurate green claims, compared to 4.5 percent this year.
Via USA Today.
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