Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant vs Port Authority Men's Easy Care Shirt Long Sleeve: 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

Port Authority Men's Easy Care Shirt Long Sleeve

Sears

Port Authority Men's Easy Care Shirt Long Sleeve

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

cotton blend with stain/wrinkle-resistant treatment

Confidence

35%

PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in durable-press resin

LikelyPFAS in stain-resistant coating

PossibleAzo dyes (if dark-colored)

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 Sears.
  • We flag Formaldehyde releasers in durable-press resin, PFAS in stain-resistant coating, Azo dyes (if dark-colored) and Coating degradation and particulate shedding on the Sears and not on the Dickies.
  • The Dickies is cotton/polyester blend, no special coatings where the Sears is cotton blend with stain/wrinkle-resistant treatment, 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 Dickies is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Sears 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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