Duluth Trading Review, Is Duluth Trading Non-Toxic?
Duluth Trading averages 43 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 6 Duluth Trading products graded as of October 2026, and none of them reach its 70 point pass mark.
Duluth Trading grades Poor 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 Duluth Trading says and does about PFAS
Duluth Trading does not publish a company-wide PFAS policy that we could find, and its sustainability page does not mention PFAS or water-repellent finishes. It does label some products as made with PFAS-free fabric, such as its DuluthFlex Fire Hose HD work pants. Clothing and textiles sold in California and New York have had to meet PFAS limits since January 2025.
- MaterialsDuluth describes its DuluthFlex Fire Hose HD cargo pants as PFAS-free fabric with a durable water-repellent finish. Duluth Trading Co. ↗
- Brand statementDuluth’s sustainability page does not mention PFAS, chemical policy or water-repellent finishes. Duluth Trading Co. ↗
- Regulatory filingCalifornia has restricted PFAS in most clothing and textiles since January 2025, with outdoor gear for severe wet conditions following in 2028. California Legislature ↗
- Regulatory filingNew York has banned apparel with intentionally added PFAS since January 2025. New York DEC ↗
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.
Duluth Trading 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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Does Duluth Trading have PFAS, by category
Which Duluth Trading products contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- 100% cotton canvas (Fire Hose fabric)
- Azo dyes (synthetic dye residue). Cotton canvas typically uses standard industrial dyes that may include…
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- Cotton canvas apron, no waterproof or stain-resistant coating disclosed
- Azo dyes and color fugacity. Cotton canvas aprons are typically dyed with commercial azo or reactive dyes…
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- cotton canvas with standard stitching
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- Cotton/polyester blend with water-repellent water-repellent coating finish
- PFAS. Water-repellent treatments on cotton-polyester blends commonly use fluorochemicals, though the exact…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- cotton/poly blend with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) finish
- water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating chemistry, water-repellent coating finishes on…
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- Canvas/fire hose fabric with water-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) treatment
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Find an alternative on AmazonDuluth Trading and PFAS, common questions
- Does Duluth Trading have PFAS?
- Duluth Trading averages 43 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 6 Duluth Trading products graded as of October 2026, and none of them reach its 70 point pass mark. Grades are model-based estimates built from published materials, ingredients and disclosures, not lab tests. Duluth Trading labels some work pants as made with PFAS-free fabric, but we found no company-wide PFAS policy.
- Is Duluth Trading non-toxic?
- No Duluth Trading product we graded reaches Good. The best of them is Duluth Trading Company Fire Hose Everyday Apron at 65/100.
- Which Duluth Trading products should I avoid?
- The lowest-graded Duluth Trading products we have scored are Duluth Trading Company Best Damn Fire Hose Work Apron, Duluth Trading Company BBQ Grilling Apron, BBQ Grilling Apron - Green Onesize - Duluth Trading Company. Each one links to the evidence behind its grade.
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