Men's Slim-Fit Dress Shirt vs Men's Sunrise Stream Shirt: which is safer?

Men's Slim-Fit Dress Shirt is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Men's Slim-Fit Dress Shirt

Banana Republic

Men's Slim-Fit Dress Shirt

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

analysis pending

Verdict

pending

Hazard flags

none flagged

Material

Cotton/cotton-blend woven fabric

Confidence

72%
Patagonia Men's Sunrise Stream Shirt

Patagonia

Men's Sunrise Stream Shirt

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 16/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Nylon ripstop with water-repellent coating finish

Confidence

62%

Possiblewater-repellent coating durability and reapplication safety

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag DWR coating durability and reapplication safety on the Patagonia and not on the Banana Republic.
  • The Banana Republic is Cotton/cotton-blend woven fabric where the Patagonia is Nylon ripstop with DWR finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Banana Republic is the one to buy.

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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