Boys' School Uniform Short Sleeve Polo Shirt vs Girls 4-6x Performance Scooter Skirt: 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
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
Nautica
Girls 4-6x Performance Scooter Skirt
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 finish
Confidence
45%
LikelyPFAS in water-repellent coating finish
PossibleAzo dyes
PossibleFormaldehyde resins in finishing
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Azo dyes and color fastness, Formaldehyde in fabric finishes and Microplastic shedding on the Izod and not on the Nautica.
- We flag PFAS in DWR finish, Azo dyes, Formaldehyde resins in finishing and Microfiber shedding with wear and washing on the Nautica and not on the Izod.
- Both carry a flag for Antimony in polyester, so neither choice avoids it.
- The Izod is cotton/polyester blend, no stated coating where the Nautica is Polyester blend with 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 Izod is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Nautica grade, at 45% 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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