Boys' School Uniform Short Sleeve Polo Shirt vs School Uniform Kids Short Sleeve Rapid Dry Polo Shirt: which is safer?

Izod Boys' School Uniform Short Sleeve Polo Shirt is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Izod Boys' School Uniform Short Sleeve Polo Shirt

Izod

Boys' School Uniform Short Sleeve Polo Shirt

PFAS grade

Good 65/100

Overall grade

Poor 49/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

cotton/polyester blend, no stated coating

Confidence

72%

PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness

PossibleFormaldehyde in fabric finishes

PossibleAntimony in polyester

Lands' End School Uniform Kids Short Sleeve Rapid Dry Polo Shirt

Lands' End

School Uniform Kids Short Sleeve Rapid Dry Polo Shirt

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

polyester blend with water-repellent coating and stain-resist finish

Confidence

35%

LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating and stain-resist finishes

PossibleFormaldehyde resins in dyes and finishes

PossibleAzo dyes (potential aromatic amine release)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Azo dyes and color fastness, Formaldehyde in fabric finishes, Antimony in polyester and Microplastic shedding on the Izod and not on the Lands' End.
  • We flag PFAS in durable water-repellent and stain-resist finishes, Formaldehyde resins in dyes and finishes, Azo dyes (potential aromatic amine release) and Antimony in polyester fiber on the Lands' End and not on the Izod.
  • The Izod is cotton/polyester blend, no stated coating where the Lands' End is polyester blend with DWR and stain-resist 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 Izod is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Lands' End grade, at 35% 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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