Boys' School Uniform Short Sleeve Polo Shirt vs The Children's Place Girls Uniform Quick Dry Skort: 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
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleAzo dyes and color fastness
PossibleFormaldehyde in fabric finishes
PossibleAntimony in polyester
School Apparel
The Children's Place Girls Uniform Quick Dry Skort
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
Likelywater-repellent coating (water-repellent coating) coating chemistry
PossibleAzo dyes in colored polyester
PossibleAntimony residue in polyester
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 School Apparel.
- We flag Durable water repellent (DWR) coating chemistry, Azo dyes in colored polyester, Antimony residue in polyester and Heat-induced off-gassing from finish coatings on the School Apparel and not on the Izod.
- The Izod is cotton/polyester blend, no stated coating where the School Apparel is polyester blend with quick-dry treatment, 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 School Apparel 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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