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Six children with allergic contact dermatitis to methylisothiazolinone in wet wipes (baby wipes)

Chang and Nakrani report six children with allergic contact dermatitis linked to methylisothiazolinone in baby wipes.

Chang and Nakrani report six children with allergic contact dermatitis linked to methylisothiazolinone in baby wipes. The paper is a clinical series about a preservative. It does not report concentrations of lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, nickel, or other metals.

Key numbers

No heavy-metal concentration is reported. The sample is six children. Methylisothiazolinone is the named allergen.

Methods (brief)

Case series in Pediatrics, 2014.

Evidence fitness

The paper can document that baby wipes are a preservative-allergy matrix. It cannot support a metal occurrence claim.

Limitations

No laboratory metal data. Brand names of wipes, if present in the cases, are not repeated.

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