Uniform Work Shirt Employee Short Sleeve White Snap Button Up vs UA Women's Butter-Soft STRETCH 6-Pocket Scrub Pants: which is safer?
Aramark Uniform Work Shirt Employee Short Sleeve White Snap Button Up is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Aramark
Uniform Work Shirt Employee Short Sleeve White Snap Button Up
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAntimony in polyester
PossibleVOC off-gassing and residual sizing
Uniform Advantage
UA Women's Butter-Soft STRETCH 6-Pocket Scrub Pants
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in polyester finishes
PossibleAzo dyes and colorant toxicity
PossibleElastane degradation and leaching
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Antimony in polyester and VOC off-gassing and residual sizing on the Aramark and not on the Uniform Advantage.
- We flag Formaldehyde resins in polyester finishes, Azo dyes and colorant toxicity, Elastane degradation and leaching and Microplastics release on the Uniform Advantage and not on the Aramark.
- The Aramark is cotton/polyester blend, no noted treatment where the Uniform Advantage is Polyester blend stretch fabric, unspecified finish, 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, which covers 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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