All Day Crew Tee Women vs Shine Ultimate A/B Tight: which is safer?

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

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)

Shine Ultimate A/B Tight

Lorna Jane

Shine Ultimate A/B Tight

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 12/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Nylon blend with water-repellent coating finish

Confidence

45%

PossibleFormaldehyde-based resins in dye fixation or finishing

PossibleAntimony as a polyester catalyst (if polyester blend component)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Azo dyes and azo metabolites and Heavy metals in synthetic dyes (lead, cadmium, chromium) on the Cotton On and not on the Lorna Jane.
  • We flag Formaldehyde-based resins in dye fixation or finishing and Antimony as a polyester catalyst (if polyester blend component) on the Lorna Jane and not on the Cotton On.
  • The Cotton On is cotton where the Lorna Jane is Nylon blend 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 Cotton On is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Lorna Jane 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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