Boys' School Uniform Short Sleeve Polo Shirt vs Port Authority Men's Easy Care Shirt Long Sleeve: 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
Sears
Port Authority Men's Easy Care Shirt Long Sleeve
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 4
Material
cotton blend with stain/wrinkle-resistant treatment
Confidence
35%
PossibleFormaldehyde releasers in durable-press resin
LikelyPFAS in stain-resistant coating
PossibleAzo dyes (if dark-colored)
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 Sears.
- We flag Formaldehyde releasers in durable-press resin, PFAS in stain-resistant coating, Azo dyes (if dark-colored) and Coating degradation and particulate shedding on the Sears and not on the Izod.
- The Izod is cotton/polyester blend, no stated coating where the Sears is cotton blend with stain/wrinkle-resistant treatment, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 40 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Izod is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Sears 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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