Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant vs The Children's Place Girls Uniform Quick Dry Skort: which is safer?

Dickies Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

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

The Children's Place Girls Uniform Quick Dry Skort

School Apparel

The Children's Place Girls Uniform Quick Dry Skort

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

polyester blend with quick-dry treatment

Confidence

35%

Likelywater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating chemistry

PossibleAzo dyes in colored polyester

PossibleAntimony residue in polyester

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 School Apparel.
  • We flag Durable water repellent (DWR) coating chemistry, Azo dyes in colored polyester, Antimony residue in polyester and Heat-induced off-gassing from finish coatings on the School Apparel and not on the Dickies.
  • The Dickies is cotton/polyester blend, no special coatings where the School Apparel is polyester blend with quick-dry treatment, 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 Dickies is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the School Apparel grade, at 35% 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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