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Columbia Review, Is Columbia Non-Toxic?

The verdict October 2026

Columbia averages 22 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 49 Columbia products graded as of October 2026, and none of them reach its 70 point pass mark.

Free to quote with attribution to PFAS Authority and a link to pfasauthority.com/brands/columbia.

Columbia grades Bad on our four-band scale.

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.

What Columbia says and does about PFAS

Columbia Sportswear Company says it completed a PFAS phase-out for all product types and brands at the end of 2024, and its September 2024 position statement described the transition and a possible different deadline for some severe-weather products. A 2022 NRDC, PIRG and Fashion FWD scorecard gave it an F and a petition campaign followed. We found no PFAS lawsuit against Columbia over its products.

Brand statementColumbia's August 2025 Restricted Substances List says it completed its PFAS phase-out for all product types and brands as of the end of 2024. Columbia Sportswear Company ↗
Brand statementColumbia's September 2024 position statement said it was moving to PFAS-free chemistry, and that some high-performance severe-weather products might follow a different deadline. Columbia Sportswear Company ↗
Brand statementColumbia says it phased out long-chain PFAS including PFOA and PFOS many years ago and restricts them through its RSL. Columbia Sportswear Company ↗
Regulatory filingColumbia's RSL tells suppliers about Minnesota's PFAS product reporting law, which requires manufacturers of products with intentionally added PFAS to report to the state. Columbia Sportswear Company ↗
StudyIn 2022 NRDC and U.S. PIRG Education Fund delivered 48,000 petition signatures asking Columbia to phase out PFAS, and said it earned an F on their scorecard. The PFAS Project Lab, excerpting NRDC ↗

Sources checked September 29, 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.

Columbia is one of the brands we researched by hand for our record of what every brand has published about PFAS, where the same question is answered for each of them in one line.

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Columbia

Men's Stealth Spring Chino Pants

65GoodPFAS grade

cotton-blend chino twill (no water-repellent treatment noted)
Azo dyes (synthetic colorants). Chino twill requires substantial dyeing for its characteristic tan or olive…

Columbia Review, Is Columbia Non-Toxic?

What Columbia says and does about PFAS

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