By Ryan Grenoble Source: Huffington Post

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If it looks like cashmere, and it feels like cashmere, it’s probably cashmere. Then again, it could also be rat fur.

This disturbing news surfaced after police in Italy seized more than a million counterfeit clothes Monday, marking the end of a year-long investigation into five Chinese-run firms in Rome. The Italian news agency ANSA reports cashmere coats manufactured and distributed by the companies were actually determined to be comprised of “a mixture of acrylic, viscose and fur from rats and other animals.”

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