Do L.L.Bean school uniforms have PFAS?
L.L.Bean school uniforms average 54 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 L.L.Bean school uniforms graded as of October 2026, below the 65 out of 100 median for the 21 other school uniforms brands graded alongside it.
L.L.Bean school uniforms average Good on our four-band scale. None of them clear our buy threshold. That is above 33% of the school uniforms 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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Best average grade first. L.L.Bean averages 54.
See every L.L.Bean product we grade on the L.L.Bean brand page, or the full school uniforms ranking.