MCI/MI/BIT Data Updates
“We are in the midst of an outbreak of allergy to a preservative [Methylisothiazolinone] which we have not seen before in terms of scale in our lifetime…I would ask the cosmetic industry not to wait for legislation but to get on and address the problem before the situation gets worse,” Dr. John McFadden, dermatologist at St. John’s Institution of Dermatology in London, 2013.
-Duffin, C., Warning over ‘epidemic’ of skin allergies from chemical in cosmetics and household products, in The Telegraph.
Warshaw, E.M., et al., North American contact dermatitis group patch test results: 2011-2012. Dermatitis, 2015. 26(1): p.49-59.