Methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone allergy — news, information, safe products, commentary and scientific research
A recent case report published in Contact Dermatitis in August serves as a useful reminder of the grey area between cosmetic products and certain medical products / devices or quasi-cosmetic products — and the potential dangers to those with allergies. The case…
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Given the levels of exposure to cosmetic ingredients which every working hairdresser submits herself to on a daily basis, it’s no surprise that hairdressing is one of the more perilous occupations with respect to allergic contact sensitisation — and severe…
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Confused by sunscreen recommendations? Need yours to be methylisothiazolinone free? Here’s the lowdown — and a list of safe brands. Sun cream: what you need to know Most of us do not apply enough sunscreen to protect us from the…
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Social media is normally the best way to convey urgent messages to the MI-allergy community, and this one has been shared on our Twitter page already. But as it’s a children’s product, and also specific to the UK (and US),…
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Benzisothiazolinone (BIT), like its better known ‘siblings’ methylisothiazolinone (MI) and methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI), is a member of the ‘isothiazolinone’ group of highly effective preservatives, which between them have contributed towards a worldwide epidemic of allergic contact dermatitis in recent decades. In…
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The MI Free website has been neglected of late, with a lack of regular posts and some key pages in need of update, but I hope subscribers and long-standing readers will forgive me when they learn the reason — that…
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Dos años después de la publicación del exitoso libro en inglés, Living with Methylisothiazolinone Allergy, hoy llega una traducción al español, totalmente actualizada y dirigida a lectores españoles y latinoamericanos. Nombrado ‘Alérgeno del Año’ en 2013, la metilisotiazolinona (MI) es…
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Two years on from the publication of Living with Methylisothiazolinone Allergy, and much delayed due to covid, other time-consuming projects, as well as to under-estimating the volume of work involved in tackling a project of this kind, I’m very happy…
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I have often written about the rarity of finding methylisothiazolinone or methychloroisothiazolinone in bars of soap, and regularly reassure those with isothiazolinone allergies that they are almost certainly safe. No longer. Two Dettol soap bars available in the UK —…
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A new published paper stopped me in my tracks recently — Isothiazolinone Detection in Dish Soap and Personal Care Products: Comparison of Lovibond Isothiazolinone Test Kit and Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. There’s an isothiazolinone test kit? Who knew? According to…
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