Women's Gail One-piece vs Women's Shoreline Scoop Neck One Piece Swimsuit: which is safer?
J.Crew Women's Gail One-piece is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.
Our pick
J.Crew
Women's Gail One-piece
PFAS grade
Good 65/100
Overall grade
analysis pending
Verdict
pending
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
Polyamide/nylon blend (swimwear)
Confidence
72%
Nike
Women's Shoreline Scoop Neck One Piece Swimsuit
PFAS grade
Bad 20/100
Overall grade
Bad 0/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Nylon/polyester blend with water-repellent coating finish
Confidence
55%
PossibleAntimony (polyester catalyst residue)
PossibleElastane/spandex degradation and leaching
Likelywater-repellent coating finish degradation and chemical release
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Antimony (polyester catalyst residue), Elastane/spandex degradation and leaching and DWR finish degradation and chemical release on the Nike and not on the J.Crew.
- The J.Crew is Polyamide/nylon blend (swimwear) where the Nike is Nylon/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 J.Crew is the one to buy.
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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