Information on allergy to methylisothiazolinone (MI) and other isothiazolinones – including articles, blogs, resources and MI-free personal and household products worldwide
Surcare is a small range of household and laundry products made by UK-based company McBride. It is useful to many with skin allergies as the products are free of added fragrances – to which many ‘sensitive’ skinned people react. They…
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Most Ecover household cleaning products are free from isothiazolinones – but not all. Here are the ones to avoid if you are allergic. Ecover US Ecover 2x Liquid Laundry Detergents (all varieties, including fragrance-free) contain MI and BIT Ecover Stain…
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The word ‘sensitive‘ appearing on a cosmetic or household cleaning product does not necessarily guarantee it is safe for MI / MCI allergy – or for that matter any allergy. The same can be said for the words ‘natural‘, ‘organic‘,…
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Alma Win is a range of environmentally friendly and organic household cleaning products hailing from Germany which is free from not only methylisothiazolinone and other isothiazolinone preservatives, but also petrochemicals, artificial fragrances, phosphates, synthetics and parabens. They are also all vegan….
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You may have heard last month about the launch of Frey – a new oak and musk laundry detergent aimed at men, all sleek black packaging and looking as if it might contain diesel oil rather than a liquid to help…
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While I was attending the cosmetics allergy talk at the Natural & Organic Products Show this weekend (see full report here), I also spent some time looking for new methylisothiazolinone-free household products on the stands – and not only discovered two brands…
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Allergy UK is the operational name of the British Allergy Foundation – one of the British charities dedicated to supporting those with sensitivities and allergies. They have two endorsement schemes. Their Seal of Approval (left) is given to products which, for example, “have…
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It’s easy to assume that any brand proclaiming its ‘natural’ qualities will be free from methylisothiazolinone (MI) and related preservatives, but that may not be the case. Canadian household cleaning brand Nellie’s All-Natural arguably goes further with that ‘All’ –…
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In the UK, The Allergy and FreeFrom Show has been a regular fixture on the allergy calendar for many years – with smaller shows in Liverpool and now Glasgow supplementing the well-established and larger London event, which takes place in July at Olympia….
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