Women's DD-Cup Tummy Control Square Neck Underwire Tankini Swimsuit Top vs Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top: which is safer?

Patagonia Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top is the clear pick. Lands' End Women's DD-Cup Tummy Control Square Neck Underwire Tankini Swimsuit Top carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Lands' End Women's DD-Cup Tummy Control Square Neck Underwire Tankini Swimsuit Top

Lands' End

Women's DD-Cup Tummy Control Square Neck Underwire Tankini Swimsuit Top

PFAS grade

Bad 20/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 4

Material

nylon/spandex blend with tummy-control panel; likely water-resistant treatment

Confidence

42%

LikelyPFAS in water-repellent finish

PossibleAzo dyes

PossibleSpandex degradation and skin contact

Our pick

Patagonia Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top

Patagonia

Women's Bottom Turn Racerback Bikini Top

PFAS grade

Excellent 90/100

Overall grade

Excellent 86/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

Nylon/polyester blend with elastane (standard swimwear)

Confidence

72%

PossibleElastane (spandex) degradation under heat or chlorine

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag PFAS in water-repellent finish, Azo dyes, Spandex degradation and skin contact and Formaldehyde-based finishes on the Lands' End and not on the Patagonia.
  • We flag Elastane (spandex) degradation under heat or chlorine on the Patagonia and not on the Lands' End.
  • The Lands' End is nylon/spandex blend with tummy-control panel; likely water-resistant treatment where the Patagonia is Nylon/polyester blend with elastane (standard swimwear), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 70 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Lands' End grade, at 42% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers 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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