Do ASICS running & athletic shoes have PFAS?
ASICS running & athletic shoes average 31 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 ASICS running & athletic shoes graded as of October 2026, below the 37 out of 100 median for the 20 other running & athletic shoes brands graded alongside it.
ASICS running & athletic shoes average Poor on our four-band scale. None of them clear our buy threshold. That is above 45% of the running & athletic shoes brands we grade.
PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.
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What ASICS says and does about PFAS
ASICS publishes a clear PFAS position. Its materials guideline states no use of perfluorinated compounds, and its 2023 sustainability report says it has been increasing PFAS-free water-repellent finishes since 2016 and was switching to PFAS-free materials for the US from January 2025. The same report described that switch as underway rather than finished, and we could not confirm which Gore-Tex membrane its GTX shoes use.
- Brand statementASICS’s materials guideline lists no use of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) among its focus subjects. ASICS ↗
- Brand statementIts 2023 sustainability report says ASICS has increased its use of PFAS-free durable water repellent since 2016 and is starting to reduce PFAS in all applications. ASICS Sustainability Report 2023 ↗
- Brand statementThe same report says ASICS is switching to PFAS-free materials to comply with US PFAS rules from January 2025, and describes the switch as underway. ASICS Sustainability Report 2023 ↗
- MaterialsThe GTX shoes we grade use Gore-Tex membranes. Gore describes its newer ePE membrane as made without intentionally added PFAS, and we could not confirm which membrane ASICS uses. W. L. Gore ↗
Sources checked September 14, 2026. A brand statement is the company’s own claim, which we report but have not verified. Our grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests.
Which ASICS running & athletic shoes contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- Mesh textile upper with synthetic overlays, rubber outsole
- Antimony in polyester fibers. If synthetic overlays are polyester, antimony trioxide may be present as a…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Textile upper with Gore-Tex GTX waterproof membrane
- PFAS. Gore-Tex GTX waterproofing is a Teflon-family coating-based microporous film. PFAS compounds (primarily…
5 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Textile upper with unspecified waterproof coating/water-repellent coating treatment
- Coating degradation and leachates from water-repellent coating. As the unspecified water-repellent coating…
- Mesh/synthetic upper with Gore-Tex waterproof membrane
- Formaldehyde / VOCs. Polyester mesh and nylon components may contain reactive dyes (azo class) and…
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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Graded higher than the ASICS average of 31.
- Canvas upper, rubber sole
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Azo dyes in canvas
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Canvas, rubber sole
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Azo dyes and synthetic dyes
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Mesh upper, Fresh Foam midsole, rubber outsole
- We found no PFAS statement from the brand
- Azo dyes and color-based toxins
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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