Isobel’s Story
Isobel trained as a nurse and worked until 1988 when she became a mum. She undertook various voluntary jobs until six years ago, and is now a retired mother of two, and grandmother of four. She enjoys spending time with…
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Author Archive: MI Free
Rinse Aids
Rinse aids are probably mis-named, because in fact they help dry your dishes faster in a dishwasher, and help reduce water spots and mineral deposits too, particularly helpful if you live in a hard-water area. Although some dishwasher detergents and…
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How to Support the MI Free Website … For Free
It surprises even me, but this website used to generate a little income from affiliate fees and advertising. But there has been a huge dip in web hits over the last year, and although I like to think reduced prevalence…
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Are dish soap residues triggering your allergy?
If you are allergic to isothiazolinones, you’ll almost certainly already be using an appropriate dishwashing liquid or dishwasher tablet. However, you don’t always eat at home. Being invited to friends or family for supper, breaking bread with work colleagues in…
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Toilet Paper
It is tough to establish whether or not a toilet paper has been manufactured using an isothiazolinone-containing chemical during its multiple processing stages. Toilet paper brands themselves may struggle to find out and reassure you that a particular product is…
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Food, SCD and MI
Reader Melody dropped me a line recently to share her experience with regard to exposure from food: I seem to react more strongly and obviously to MI on my insides rather than my ‘outsides’, though I still do react on…
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Living with MI Allergy — new edition!
I’m delighted to announce the release of the second, expanded and fully updated edition of Living with Methylisothiazolinone Allergy. The second edition is over 20 pages longer than the first (which was published all the way back in 2018), and…
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Purple Shampoo
Purple shampoo is aimed at helping neutralize brassy or yellow-ish tones in blonde or lightened hair, and as I’ve been asked by a number of followers for suggestions which are free from methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone, here is a round up…
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Three pieces of book news
Although the MI Free Facebook page has remained active during 2025, regular readers will have to forgive absence of activity on the MI Free blog. This has been partly due to taking an extended break from work, and more lately…
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Leave-on products vs leave-on cosmetics
The banning within the last decade of methylisothiazolinone (MI) and methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI) in leave-on cosmetics (e.g. moisturisers, make-up, deodorants) in Europe, Canada and Australia has seen a reduction in sensitisation and ACD caused by these two preservatives — with no…
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