Boys Classic Fit Flat Front Pant vs Port Authority Y540 Youth Silk Touch Performance Polo: which is safer?

Port Authority Y540 Youth Silk Touch Performance Polo 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

Port Authority Y540 Youth Silk Touch Performance Polo

Sears

Port Authority Y540 Youth Silk Touch Performance Polo

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Good 53/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

polyester blend performance knit

Confidence

72%

PossibleAntimony in polyester

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in finishing treatments

PossibleMicroplastic shedding during wash

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Azo dyes and colorants, Heavy metals in dyes and pigments and Residual solvents or sizing agents on the Dickies and not on the Sears.
  • We flag Formaldehyde resins in finishing treatments and Microplastic shedding during wash on the Sears and not on the Dickies.
  • Both carry a flag for Antimony in polyester, so neither choice avoids it.
  • The Dickies is cotton/polyester blend, no special coatings where the Sears is polyester blend performance knit, 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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