Women's Split Front Legging in Melt vs All Day Crew Tee Women: which is safer?

Cotton On All Day Crew Tee Women is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Carbon38 Women's Split Front Legging in Melt

Carbon38

Women's Split Front Legging in Melt

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 33/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Nylon blend athletic legging, standard water-repellent coating finish typical

Confidence

45%

Likelywater-repellent coating finish chemistry (PFAS or PFAS-alternative)

PossibleFormaldehyde in finishing resins

ReportedElastane (spandex) degradation and microfiber shedding

Our pick

Cotton On All Day Crew Tee Women

Cotton On

All Day Crew Tee Women

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

cotton

Confidence

78%

PossibleAzo dyes and azo metabolites

PossibleHeavy metals in synthetic dyes (lead, cadmium, chromium)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag DWR finish chemistry (PFAS or PFAS-alternative), Formaldehyde in finishing resins and Elastane (spandex) degradation and microfiber shedding on the Carbon38 and not on the Cotton On.
  • We flag Azo dyes and azo metabolites and Heavy metals in synthetic dyes (lead, cadmium, chromium) on the Cotton On and not on the Carbon38.
  • The Carbon38 is Nylon blend athletic legging, standard DWR finish typical where the Cotton On is cotton, 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.
  • We are less certain about the Carbon38 grade, at 45% confidence against 78%, 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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