Beauty ingredient · Preservative
Benzisothiazolinone (BIT)
- CAS
- 2634-33-5
An isothiazolinone preservative used mostly in household products.
- Isothiazolinone preservative
- Preservative
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points benzisothiazolinone (BIT) costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Contact allergenStrong evidence
Isothiazolinones are a recognized cause of allergic contact dermatitis, and sensitization to newer ones such as this has been reported. [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list benzisothiazolinone (BIT)
2 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list benzisothiazolinone (BIT).
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (4)
- bit
- benzisothiazolinone
- benzisothiazolinone bit
- 1 2 benzisothiazolin 3 one
Sources
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Isothiazolinone derivatives and allergic contact dermatitis: a review and update
“Moreover, sensitization to newer and lesser known isothiazolinones has been reported.”
doi.org