PBE Tranquility Personal Care Pads vs Select Underpad: which is safer?
PBE Tranquility Personal Care Pads is the clear pick. Tranquility Select Underpad carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Tranquility
PBE Tranquility Personal Care Pads
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleChlorine bleaching byproducts (dioxins)
PossibleAllergens in fragrance or additives
Tranquility
Select Underpad
PFAS grade
Overall grade
Verdict
Hazard flags
Material
Confidence
PossibleWaterproof polymer coating composition (unspecified)
PossibleMicroplastics from polymer degradation
PossibleOff-gassing or odor from synthetic backing
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Chlorine bleaching byproducts (dioxins) and Allergens in fragrance or additives on the Tranquility and not on the Tranquility.
- We flag Waterproof polymer coating composition (unspecified), Microplastics from polymer degradation and Off-gassing or odor from synthetic backing on the Tranquility and not on the Tranquility.
- The Tranquility is Cellulose, rayon, cotton absorbent core (standard pad materials) where the Tranquility is Cellulose core with waterproof polymer backing (unspecified), 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 Tranquility is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Tranquility 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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