Non-Toxic Stain-Resistant Professional Workwear, ranked by PFAS grade

Is stain-resistant professional workwear safe?

None of the 78 stain-resistant professional workwear products we graded come back low-concern on our screen. Our grades are model-based assessments built from published materials, ingredient lists, certifications and brand disclosures, not laboratory tests, so they say what we can evidence rather than that anything is safe.

Best graded stain-resistant professional workwear here

1Banana Republic Women's High-Rise Straight Stretch Linen-Viscose Utility Pants 65 out of 100
2Brooks Brothers Men's Pleated Cotton Chino Pants 65 out of 100
3Dickies Men's Relaxed Fit Straight Leg Cargo Work Pants 65 out of 100

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Why Banana Republic Women's High-Rise Straight grades highest here, and why that is not a pass

Every grade on this page is one sum. A category starts from a baseline, each disclosed material or coating adds risk points, and each thing the brand or a third party has published takes them away. Below is that sum for the winner, then for 1 product it beats, so you can see exactly where the 45 points between the top and the bottom of this stain-resistant professional workwear ranking come from. Nothing in this category reaches our 70 point pass mark, so this is the shape of the field rather than a recommendation.

Top graded, and still below our pass mark

65Good

Banana Republic Women's High-Rise Straight Stretch Linen-Viscose Utility Pants

Made of linen-viscose blend, no water-resistant finish.

+30Category baseline. The starting point for this type of product, before anything specific to this product is counted.
+15No PFAS disclosure. No public statement from the brand about PFAS in this product.
-10Base material not linked to PFAS. The main material recorded for this product is not one associated with PFAS.

35risk points in total, which is a grade of 65

What the grade does not fix. It still carries one risk factor, No PFAS disclosure, and our graders recorded 3 other hazards on it. See the full breakdown.

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What it still grades above, and why

20Bad45 points behind the winner

ARIAT Men's Rebar M4 DuraStretch Straight Leg Pants

What puts it behind. Waterproof / stain-resistant treatment, +35 points. Water-repellent coating treatments have historically used PFAS. The top-graded product carries no such factor.

Made of cotton/polyester blend with water-repellent coating finish.

+35Waterproof / stain-resistant treatment
+30Category baseline
+15No PFAS disclosure

80risk points, a grade of 20

No product on this page was physically tested by us. Every number above comes from published materials, ingredient and coating disclosures, certifications and brand statements, scored on one public rubric. Formulations change without notice, so check the current product listing before buying.

Which stain-resistant professional workwear contains PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these

Banana Republic

Women's High-Rise Straight Stretch Linen-Viscose Utility Pants

65GoodPFAS grade

linen-viscose blend, no water-resistant finish
We found no PFAS statement from the brand
Formaldehyde / VOCs

3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.

Non-Toxic Stain-Resistant Professional Workwear, ranked by PFAS grade

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