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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Miscellaneous
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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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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A new book on metal allergies
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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Vivir con alergia a la metilisotiazolinona
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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Living with MI Allergy … In Spanish
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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Isothiazolinone test kits, dish soaps and cosmetics
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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Coronavirus and allergic contact dermatitis
It seems like an appropriate moment to offer some information on the only real story in town at the moment — that of the COVID-19 pandemic — and how it might affect those with ACD, to both MI and other…
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MI book on Apple, Scribd, Barnes & Noble …
Apologies to those who have been waiting for this, but happy to announce that Living with Methylisothiazolinone Allergy is now available in ebook format through a wider selection of outlets than merely Amazon — namely Apple, Scribd, Barnes & Noble,…
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Isothiazolinone free glues and adhesives
Following my recent piece on the research into isothiazolinones in glues, I set about looking for glues free from MI and related preservatives. Sourcing safe options hasn’t been easy, but here’s what I’ve found out so far, with hopefully more…
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