Woven Stripe Tablecloth vs Crate & Barrel Merrow Stitch Warm Natural Organic Cotton Tablecloth: which is safer?

Crate & Barrel Merrow Stitch Warm Natural Organic Cotton Tablecloth is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Better Homes & Gardens Woven Stripe Tablecloth

Better Homes & Gardens

Woven Stripe Tablecloth

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 4/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

Woven cotton/polyester blend with stain/water-resistant finish

Confidence

42%

PossiblePFAS in stain-resistant finish

PossibleFormaldehyde-releasing resins in finish

PossibleAzo dyes in color

Our pick

Crate & Barrel Merrow Stitch Warm Natural Organic Cotton Tablecloth

Crate and Barrel

Crate & Barrel Merrow Stitch Warm Natural Organic Cotton Tablecloth

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

100% organic cotton, no coating

Confidence

88%

PossibleAzo dyes and synthetic colorants

PossiblePesticide residues from cotton cultivation

PossibleMicrobial growth and mold from retained moisture

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PFAS in stain-resistant finish, Formaldehyde-releasing resins in finish, Azo dyes in color and Coating degradation and microparticles on the Better Homes & Gardens and not on the Crate and Barrel.
  • We flag Azo dyes and synthetic colorants, Pesticide residues from cotton cultivation and Microbial growth and mold from retained moisture on the Crate and Barrel and not on the Better Homes & Gardens.
  • The Better Homes & Gardens is Woven cotton/polyester blend with stain/water-resistant finish where the Crate and Barrel is 100% organic cotton, no coating, 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 Crate and Barrel is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Better Homes & Gardens grade, at 42% confidence against 88%, because it discloses less.

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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