Do Salomon running & athletic shoes have PFAS?
Salomon running & athletic shoes average 31 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 Salomon 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.
Salomon 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 Salomon says and does about PFAS
Salomon says its footwear range has been free of PFC and PFC EC since the 2020-2021 season, and that its bags followed in spring/summer 2021. It said it expected apparel and winter sports to follow in 2023. Its parent Amer Sports says it is continuing to phase out PFAS. We found no lab test or lawsuit naming Salomon.
- Brand statementSalomon says its bag collection for spring/summer 2021 is PFC and PFC EC free, following its footwear range. Salomon, footwear range PFC and PFC EC free ↗
- Brand statementSalomon says it expected apparel and winter sports to be PFC free in 2023. The page was written in 2021, so this is a past target and not a confirmed result. Salomon, footwear range PFC and PFC EC free ↗
- Brand statementAmer Sports, Salomon's parent, says it is continuing to phase out PFAS across its value chain in its 2025 sustainability report. Amer Sports Sustainability Report 2025 ↗
Sources checked September 30, 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 Salomon running & athletic shoes contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these
- Mesh textile upper, foam midsole, rubber outsole
- Formaldehyde / VOCs. Formaldehyde-releasing resins may be present in stitching adhesives or mesh bonding…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- textile with GTX Gore-Tex waterproof membrane
- Teflon-type coating/Teflon-family coating membrane coating. Gore-Tex waterproof laminate requires Teflon-type…
5 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Textile upper with Gore-Tex membrane waterproofing
- Formaldehyde / VOCs. Polyester or nylon uppers may contain formaldehyde-based durable-press or…
4 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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- Gore-Tex membrane with nylon upper
- Teflon-type coating and Teflon-family coating coatings in Gore-Tex membrane. Gore-Tex laminate in this shoe…
2 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.
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Graded higher than the Salomon 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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Best average grade first. Salomon averages 31.
See every Salomon product we grade on the Salomon brand page, or the full running & athletic shoes ranking.