Methylisothiazolinone

L’Oréal Withdraws Product With Too Much MI In It

There is a news story that L’Oréal have issued a product recall for their Ideal Moisture Dry and Sensitive Day Cream in Canada. The reason is that the level of MI in it is higher than Health Canada’s regulations allow.   This is quite a rare event – big cosmetic companies are usually pretty good at …

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No Denmark, Methylisothiazolinone Should Not Be Banned

Cosmetic Design Europe is reporting that the Danish Environment Minister Kirsten Brosbøl has called for methylisothiazolinone or MI to be banned across Europe.  I have to say I think this is a really bad idea, but I do see how she came to that conclusion.  Compared to other preservatives, MI does have a greater potential to cause …

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Methylisothiazolinone – let’s not turn it into a scare story

Although it is a long way from being my most popular post, the one I get most comments on is my one on Methylisothiazolinone and Methylchloroisothiazolinone free products.  These preservatives are used in a lot of products.  I doubt that anybody alive hasn’t come into contact with them.   Most people don’t have any issue with them, …

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A Quick Tip for Methylisothiazolinone Free Hair Dye

I have had a couple of people asking me about methylisothiazolinone free hair dye.  The answer is that although I don’t know a lot about hair dyes, I don’t think that many of them contain methylisothiazolinone or methylchloroisothiazolinone in either the colour shade or the activator.  But quite a lot of them also include a conditioner, and this …

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