Hi Chris
My first dermatitis was a first year student nurse we discovered had mci/mi allergy and that really put the cat among the pigeons when he did patient care! Most soaps did not have the labels on! Needless to say long gloves were the solution for him as he tried to use it to skip patient washing!!! But for his penance he spent many a happy hour in the supermarket shampoo/ shower gel aisle!
Jacqui
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> On 3 Oct 2013, at 12:30, Chris Packham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Be careful what you paint with! There is a view that water based paints are
> safer than solvent based paints. For environmental safety this may be
> correct, but water based paints contain their own hazards, one of these
> being that they usually contain a preservative to prevent spoilage.
>
> In the latest copy of Contact Dermatitis there is a report from Denmark of a
> case of a lady who was to occupy an apartment previously occupied by people
> who smoked. To remove the smell and cover the discolouration of the paint in
> the apartment the walls were painted four times with different types of
> sealing paint. Within 2 days of moving back into the apartment she suffered
> both respiratory and facial problems. When referred to a dermatologist who
> patch tested her she was positive to methylisothiazolinone. The paint
> supplier confirmed that this was used as a preservative in the water based
> paint.
>
> She had to be moved to a new apartment. When she went back to the old
> apartment to collect some personal effects she suffered a repeat reaction.
> She also reacted when her furniture was moved from the old apartment to her
> new one and is unable to stay in newly painted places without a flare-up of
> her condition. She also reacted with facial eczema following a visit to a
> hairdresser.
>
> In an earlier study it was found that a combination of
> Methylchoroisothiazolinone/Methylisothiazolinone (MCI/MI) was still being
> released from a painted surface in a significant amount 240 hours (10 days!)
> after the surface had been painted. In Denmark MCI/MI is the most common
> cause of occupational dermatitis in painters.
>
> This raises an interesting issue. When next in a supermarket, check how many
> products (include cosmetics) contain MCI/MI as a preservative. You might be
> surprised! In the same issue of Contact Dermatitis several well known
> dermatologists have reviewed the use of MI in consumer products and
> concluded that present use concentrations are too high.
>
> So 'substitution' as recommended by authorities (e.g. HSE) has to be done
> with care to ensure that you do not "jump out of the frying pan into the
> fire"!
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Packham
> FRSPH, FIIRSM, FInstSMM, MCMI, RSP, MBICSc
> EnviroDerm Services
> Unit 10, Building 11, The Mews, Mitcheldean, GL17 0SN
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