Maxi Pads - Long - Wings vs Chlorine Free Maxi Pads: which is safer?
Seventh Generation Chlorine Free Maxi Pads is the clear pick. Bodyform Maxi Pads - Long - Wings carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Bodyform
Maxi Pads - Long - Wings
PFAS grade
Good 60/100
Overall grade
Poor 42/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Cellulose, absorbent core, backing layer
Confidence
45%
PossibleAdhesive allergens and acrylates
PossibleFragrance and synthetic odor control agents
ReportedPFAS in water-repellent layer
Our pick
Seventh Generation
Chlorine Free Maxi Pads
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 96/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
organic cotton, wood pulp
Confidence
78%
PossibleFragrance allergen content
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Adhesive allergens and acrylates, Fragrance and synthetic odor control agents and PFAS in water-repellent layer on the Bodyform and not on the Seventh Generation.
- We flag Fragrance allergen content on the Seventh Generation and not on the Bodyform.
- The Bodyform is Cellulose, absorbent core, backing layer where the Seventh Generation is organic cotton, wood pulp, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 40 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Seventh Generation is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Bodyform grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.
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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