Amazon Essentials Light Blue Multicolor Cotton Tablecloth vs Shannon Block Print Tablecloth: which is safer?

Pottery Barn Shannon Block Print Tablecloth is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Amazon Essentials Light Blue Multicolor Cotton Tablecloth

Amazon Essentials Light Blue Multicolor Cotton Tablecloth

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 49/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

100% cotton

Confidence

82%

PossibleFormaldehyde in finishing resins

PossibleAzo dyes and colorfast concerns

PossibleHeavy metal contaminants in dyes

Our pick

Pottery Barn Shannon Block Print Tablecloth

Pottery Barn

Shannon Block Print Tablecloth

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

100% cotton block print tablecloth

Confidence

78%

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in fabric finishes

PossibleDye bleeding and colorfast stability

PossibleVOC off-gassing from finish or inks

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Formaldehyde in finishing resins, Azo dyes and colorfast concerns, Heavy metal contaminants in dyes and Microbial growth and mold on the and not on the Pottery Barn.
  • We flag Formaldehyde resins in fabric finishes, Dye bleeding and colorfast stability and VOC off-gassing from finish or inks on the Pottery Barn and not on the .
  • The is 100% cotton where the Pottery Barn is 100% cotton block print tablecloth, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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