Men's Ultimate Shirt vs Women's High-Waisted Sleektech Trouser Pants: which is safer?
Dockers Men's Ultimate Shirt is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
Dockers
Men's Ultimate Shirt
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in finish
PossibleAzo dyes and synthetic colorants
PossibleMicroplastics shedding
Old Navy
Women's High-Waisted Sleektech Trouser Pants
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating finish (reported separately)
PossibleFormaldehyde resins (finish cross-linkers)
PossibleMicroplastics shedding from coating
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Formaldehyde resins in finish, Azo dyes and synthetic colorants, Microplastics shedding and Allergenic dyes or finishes on the Dockers and not on the Old Navy.
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish (reported separately), Formaldehyde resins (finish cross-linkers) and Microplastics shedding from coating on the Old Navy and not on the Dockers.
- The Dockers is Cotton and polyester blend where the Old Navy is Polyester blend with Sleektech 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 Dockers is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Old Navy grade, at 42% confidence against 72%, 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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