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Dean OR, Somers KE. Persulfate-containing consumer products in the United States market. Contact Dermatitis 2021; 86:295-299. [PMID: 34921563 DOI: 10.1111/cod.14028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Persulfate compounds are reactive oxidative agents increasingly recognized as contact allergens. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify common consumer products containing persulfate compounds in the United States market. METHODS Five publicly accessible online ingredient repositories and searches of two large online retailers were used to identify persulfate-containing consumer products. RESULTS We identified persulfates in 23 hair coloring products, 11 denture cleansers, 8 pool/hot-tub products, 3 paints, and 3 cleaning products. CONCLUSIONS Clinicians assessing contact dermatitis should be aware of three primary categories of consumer products that contain persulfates: denture cleansers, hair coloring products, and non-chlorine hot-tub and pool shock. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Affiliation(s)
- Owen R Dean
- University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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Warshaw EM, Ruggiero JL, DeKoven JG, Pratt MD, Silverberg JI, Maibach HI, Zug KA, Atwater AR, Taylor JS, Reeder MJ, Sasseville D, Fowler JF, Fransway AF, Belsito DV, DeLeo VA, Houle MC, Dunnick CA. Patch Testing with Ammonium Persulfate: The North American Contact Dermatitis Group Experience, 2015-2018. J Am Acad Dermatol 2021; 87:1014-1023. [PMID: 34390784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ammonium persulfate (APS), an oxidizing agent used in hair products, manufacturing, and pool/spa water, can cause skin reactions including allergic contact dermatitis. OBJECTIVE To characterize positive patch test reactions to APS (2.5% pet). METHODS Retrospective analysis of patients tested to the North American Contact Dermatitis Group (NACDG) screening series from 2015-2018. RESULTS Of 10,526 patients, 193 (1.8%) had positive patch test reactions to APS. Compared to negative patients, APS-positive patients were significantly more likely to be male (43.2% vs. 28.0%, p<0.0001), have primary hand (30.2% vs. 22.0%, p=0.0064), scattered generalized (25.5% vs. 17.9%, p=0.0064), or trunk dermatitis (8.9% vs. 4.9%, p=0.0123), and occupationally-related dermatitis (22.2% vs. 10.9%, p<0.0001). Over half of the APS-positive reactions were currently relevant (57.0%); 19 (9.8%) were related to occupation, especially (68.4%) hairdressers. Swimming pools/spas (23.3%) and hair care products (19.2%) were the most common APS sources. LIMITATIONS Immediate reactions and follow-up testing not captured. CONCLUSIONS The proportion of patients positive to APS was 1.8%. APS positivity was significantly associated with male sex and hand dermatitis. Swimming pool/spa chemicals are important sources of APS exposure.
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- Erin M Warshaw
- Department of Dermatology, Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, MN; Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Department of Dermatology, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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- Department of Dermatology, Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, MN; Department of Dermatology, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center; University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
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- Division of Dermatology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Dermatology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Dermatology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
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- Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Dermatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
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- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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- Division of Dermatology, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Irving Medical School, New York, NY
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- Department of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Dermatology, CHU de Quebec, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Tuncer Budanur D, Yas MC, Sepet E. Potential hazards due to food additives in oral hygiene products. J Istanb Univ Fac Dent 2016; 50:61-69. [PMID: 28955568 PMCID: PMC5573534 DOI: 10.17096/jiufd.72103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Food additives used to preserve flavor or to
enhance the taste and appearance of foods are
also available in oral hygiene products. The aim
of this review is to provide information concerning
food additives in oral hygiene products and their
adverse effects. A great many of food additives in
oral hygiene products are potential allergens and
they may lead to allergic reactions such as urticaria,
contact dermatitis, rhinitis, and angioedema. Dental
practitioners, as well as health care providers, must
be aware of the possibility of allergic reactions due
to food additives in oral hygiene products. Proper
dosage levels, delivery vehicles, frequency, potential
benefits, and adverse effects of oral health products
should be explained completely to the patients. There
is a necessity to raise the awareness among dental
professionals on this subject and to develop a data
gathering system for possible adverse reactions.
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- Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Turkey
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Patients undergoing dental treatment can be exposed to a wide range of potential allergens, but adverse events seem infrequent. Patients with symptoms or signs of stomatitis, burning, tingling, cheilitis, oral lichenoid lesions, lip and facial swelling may relate their problems to dental treatment or to the use of dental products. Investigation for immediate type or delayed type hypersensitivity is indicated using patch testing, prick testing and blood tests for allergen-specific IgE. The main allergic reactions found in patients include contact allergy to metals, cosmetics, food additives, flavours and acrylates, and immediate type allergy to latex. Adverse reactions following the administration of local anaesthetics are seen in about 0.5% of cases, but immediate type allergy to these agents is rare. In dental staff, occupationally related problems are common and usually take the form of hand or facial dermatitis or respiratory disease. The most common allergic reactions in dental staff are immediate type allergy to latex, and contact allergy to rubber additives, fragrances, acrylates and formaldehyde. Occupational irritant problems causing hand dermatitis are probably more common in dental personnel than is dermatitis caused by contact allergy. Patch testing and tests for immediate type allergy are useful investigative methods in the investigation of patients who present with oral or facial symptoms possibly related to dental treatments and are also beneficial in dental personnel who present with hand or facial dermatitis or respiratory symptoms.
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- D J Gawkrodger
- Department of Dermatology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
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Aalto-Korte K, Mäkinen-Kiljunen S. Specific immunoglobulin E in patients with immediate persulfate hypersensitivity. Contact Dermatitis 2004; 49:22-5. [PMID: 14641116 DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2003.00134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Persulfate salts may cause contact urticaria, allergic and irritant contact dermatitis, rhinitis and asthma. The mechanism of the immediate reactions has been unclear. Positive prick test, skin application and nasal and bronchial provocations identify immediate allergy. There is only 1 previous report of specific binding of immunoglobulin E (IgE) to ammonium persulfate demonstrated by radioallergosorbent test (RAST). In the present study, fresh 2% ammonium and potassium persulfate solutions were used for prick testing. Patients with positive prick tests were further evaluated with open skin application, immunospot and RAST. Prick testing with persulfate salts was performed in a total of 138 patients. 7 patients had a positive reaction to at least 1 persulfate salt. 6 of the patients had had skin symptoms, urticaria, eczema or angioedema, because of contact with hair bleaches. Open application on healthy skin was performed in 4 patients, and 3 out of them had urticarial reactions. The sera of 5 patients were investigated with immunospot and RAST. On immunospot, specific binding of IgE to human serum albumin (HSA)-conjugated ammonium and potassium persulfate was found in 2 patients. 1 immunospot-positive patient also had a positive RAST to ammonium persulfate-HSA conjugate. The mechanism of immediate hypersensitivity to persulfates thus seems to be IgE-mediated at least in some patients.
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- Kristiina Aalto-Korte
- Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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