Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant vs School Uniform Girls Hopsack Blazer: which is safer?

Lands' End School Uniform Girls Hopsack Blazer is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Dickies Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant

Dickies

Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 49/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

cotton/polyester blend, no special coatings

Confidence

78%

PossibleAzo dyes and colorants

PossibleAntimony in polyester

PossibleHeavy metals in dyes and pigments

Our pick

Lands' End School Uniform Girls Hopsack Blazer

Lands' End

School Uniform Girls Hopsack Blazer

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 57/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Hopsack cotton/cotton blend, untreated

Confidence

78%

PossibleAzo dyes and heavy metals in colorants

PossibleDye bleed and colorfast degradation

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Azo dyes and colorants, Antimony in polyester, Heavy metals in dyes and pigments and Residual solvents or sizing agents on the Dickies and not on the Lands' End.
  • We flag Azo dyes and heavy metals in colorants and Dye bleed and colorfast degradation on the Lands' End and not on the Dickies.
  • The Dickies is cotton/polyester blend, no special coatings where the Lands' End is Hopsack cotton/cotton blend, untreated, 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.

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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