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Four cases of allergic contact dermatitis caused by methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone in ironing water
Author(s) -
Atkar Ravinder,
Todd Pamela
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/cod.12552
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , allergic contact dermatitis , allergy , immunology
Methylisothiazolinone (MI) (CAS no. 2682-20-4) and methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI) (CAS no. 26172-55-4) have been widely used as preservatives in cosmetics, household products and industrial products since the late 1970s. The first cases of contact allergy to the MCI/MI combination were noted in 1980 (1). Ironing water is being increasing used as a product designed to making ironing more enjoyable. The role of ironing water is to bring a fresh, outdoorsy fragrance to the ironing process; it is also claimed that these products smooth away creases, and protect the iron from limescale. We report four cases of allergic contact dermatitis caused by MCI/MI found in ironing water, an usual source of exposure. There has been only a single previous case report in the literature (2).